Thanks for clarifying that. I should note that I am very interested in techniques for self-improvement, too. I am currently learning how to read. (Apparently, I never knew :( ) And also get everything organized, GTD-style. (It seems a far less daunting prospect now than when I first heard of the idea, because I’m pseudo-minimalist.)
I still am surprised at the average LWers reaction here. Probably because it’s not clear to me the nature of ‘volition on the level of people’. Not something to expect you to answer, clarifying the distinction was helpful enough.
But why should that be bad if you could justify any experiment? Let’s say you had enough readership and enough ‘active’ readership that quite a few people did the same thing you did.
Then 1. You’re doing a lot of good, and that sounds like a really cool blog and pursuit actually. And 2. You will need to raise your $/hour in the VoI in order to pick and choose only the very highest-returning experiments. Both interesting outcomes.