I read a couple of these last night (I’ve read others long ago), not particularly scary ones − 427 and 682… and then dreamt I read more, including one that did have a “shocker” animation (after which I remember cursing you for suggesting they were rare!), and then one with a high-res gif/video of a complex artifact I can remember the vague form of—somewhat like a grey bowling-pin with brightly colored shapes rotating along its axis—abstract, but almost clownish and mundane, but still creeped me out in-dream far more than any actual article.
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I did have more vivid and “weirder” dreams, especially in the morning (perhaps memory bias), and a handful of them were quite disturbing, far from my norm. But, this lessened after a couple of weeks of off and on use.
I would like to hear rebuttals of this reasoning, since it is a big contributor to my current cryocrastination and choice-stress.
The other big contributor is the article (written by Rudi himself) which insists that the cost of the procedure will increase significantly in our lifetimes and thus encourages you to fund your insurance as much as possible, rather just up to the current coverage costs.
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Why? It seems obvious to me that the first recovered bodies will be those that were frozen shortly before the recovery procedure was available, with the best freezing procedure at that time.
It seems to be pretty well decided that (as opposed to directly promoting Less Wrong, or Rationality in general), spreading HPMoR is a generally good idea. What are the best ways to go about this, and has anyone undertaken a serious effort?
I came to the conclusion, after considering creating some flyers to post around our meetup’s usual haunts, that online advocacy would be much more efficient and cost effective. Then, after thinking that promotion on large sites with high signal to noise is mostly useless, realized that sharing among smaller communities that you are already a part of (game/specific interest forums, Facebook groups, etc.) might increase likelihood of a clickthrough, due to an even modest amount of social clout and in-group effect (as opposed to creating an account just to spam). And, posting (and bumping) is a very trivial inconvenience—but if you are still held back by the effort of creating a blurb, I’m happy to provide the one I used.
Similarly, to remind myself to do stuff with an object, I put that object where I will find it when I prepare to go out.
If my hamper is full, but am going to bed or leaving for work, I just put the hamper in front of my door so I will remember to do it immediately when I get home.
I also put stuff I need to take with me next time I leave the house on top of my wallet (or my shoes, or hanging from my doorknob, depending on size).
Has anyone created anything like a flyer or advertisement (or even a simple Pitch) for HPMoR, optimized for increasing visits to the website?
As someone pointed out to me when mentioning this to them, to be a candidate for Great Filter there would need to be something intrinsic about how planets are formed that cause these two types of environments to be mutually exclusive, else it seems like there isn’t sufficient reduction in probability of their availability. Is this actually the case? Perhaps user:CellBioGuy can elucidate.
I fixed this by simply carrying nail clippers around on my keys, and remembering to use them instead of ripping them apart with my teeth. A few weeks of that and they were in good enough shape that I didn’t feel the need to bite them.
This post may turn into a decent resource.
This is totally worth a discussion post.
I have had some success with this by reading a few lines of a physical book. Interesting poetry (I had EUNOIA by Christian Bok handy) is better suited to this, as you can complete an entire passage or page in this short span.
It’s similar to checking news or Facebook, but much less likely to suck you in.
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...or don’t beware trivial inconveniences.
Contra is an emergent, tesellated, permutating turbine generator of Hedons, Flow, and Awesome, of which you are a self-aware component.
There are few things I would recommend more highly for a human, especially for people who don’t “get” dance (like myself 4 months ago). This is because you follow very simple instructions, you do not need to think about what you’re doing with your feet at all, and the people are incredibly welcoming. It’s great for social comfort zone expansion—virtually no one will turn you down if you ask to dance, unless they already have partner for that dance (there are usually about 10 dances per night). Eye contact is also a norm (and practically required as a dizziness countermeasure). It’s a great workout, and as instructors often warn in the intro, the sorest muscles will be your smiled-out cheeks.
Being in a position to soon either look into joining, or to start a rationalist group house, I and other potential housemates would very much appreciate a post on how to go about doing either (beyond Shannon’s somewhat minimal post), and/or a post where individuals who have already done so could talk about their experiences, their benefits and pitfalls, etc.
I’d be interested in lukeprog’s (or CFAR’s) thoughts on how to implement “tight feedback loops” into every day instrumental rationality (as opposed to running a business or project).
The willpower group, and terminal value exercise sound very interesting—Please share notes or write up articles about these (or if the stream ends up working, please share a link to the record)!