Math, I know a lot of competition math at a high level and I like to learn by reading textbooks and seeing popular math youtube channels.
Computer Science, similarly to math I like learning the interesting stuff. I’m more interested/fluent in algorithms at a competitive level, AI, programming in general (so not stuff like Excel or building computers).
Various sports (I like being healthy), such as wall climbing, running, going to the gym, orienteering.
Getting acquainted with our worlds culture, things like books, movies, places to see/learn about, knowledge in general.
Goals; Stuff I do and ways I try to be a better person:
Learning as much as I can. Currently I’m at high school, so it seems optimal to learn, not work.
Behaving like a responsible adult. Unfortunately this isn’t a given in my case. Long term I want to move out and get a nice job.
Finding a meaning in life. It was kind of foolish to get so far in the journey of life while forgetting to pack a meaning. The obvious options are having an impact, relationships and just being happy.
Having an impact. This is related to the previous point. I don’t want to be mundane (although I don’t have a good reason for this). I want to excel. Might as well be a good impact while I’m at it.
Why I’m here:
I found this site by following links to it from random places. After visiting a few times I started to recognize it. I read the welcome guide and put Rationality A-Z into my to-read list. That was about 1.5 months ago. Today I finished the book (long read), so I thought I might say hi to the community.
The A-Z sequences were revelatory for me—they changed my worldview and exposed my flaws. I read the distilled and edited version where every other post or so was thrown out, but that’s probably for the best because it was so long and I don’t really remember the first half.
Recently I’ve been lurking on sites such as 80000 hours and Effective Altruism and they happen to link to Less Wrong often. These sites seemed linked by a common mentality and goals that I happen to be interested in.
Thank you for reading my comment. Looking forward to getting to know you guys better and learning a lot from you.
Hello, I’m Wojtek.
Few things about me:
Interests:
Math, I know a lot of competition math at a high level and I like to learn by reading textbooks and seeing popular math youtube channels.
Computer Science, similarly to math I like learning the interesting stuff. I’m more interested/fluent in algorithms at a competitive level, AI, programming in general (so not stuff like Excel or building computers).
Various sports (I like being healthy), such as wall climbing, running, going to the gym, orienteering.
Getting acquainted with our worlds culture, things like books, movies, places to see/learn about, knowledge in general.
Goals; Stuff I do and ways I try to be a better person:
Learning as much as I can. Currently I’m at high school, so it seems optimal to learn, not work.
Behaving like a responsible adult. Unfortunately this isn’t a given in my case. Long term I want to move out and get a nice job.
Finding a meaning in life. It was kind of foolish to get so far in the journey of life while forgetting to pack a meaning. The obvious options are having an impact, relationships and just being happy.
Having an impact. This is related to the previous point. I don’t want to be mundane (although I don’t have a good reason for this). I want to excel. Might as well be a good impact while I’m at it.
Why I’m here:
I found this site by following links to it from random places. After visiting a few times I started to recognize it. I read the welcome guide and put Rationality A-Z into my to-read list. That was about 1.5 months ago. Today I finished the book (long read), so I thought I might say hi to the community.
The A-Z sequences were revelatory for me—they changed my worldview and exposed my flaws. I read the distilled and edited version where every other post or so was thrown out, but that’s probably for the best because it was so long and I don’t really remember the first half.
Recently I’ve been lurking on sites such as 80000 hours and Effective Altruism and they happen to link to Less Wrong often. These sites seemed linked by a common mentality and goals that I happen to be interested in.
Thank you for reading my comment. Looking forward to getting to know you guys better and learning a lot from you.