diff --git a/helpful_life_advice.myco b/helpful_life_advice.myco index 3defddf..9a8f84c 100644 --- a/helpful_life_advice.myco +++ b/helpful_life_advice.myco @@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ *. Practice makes you better at things, but so does randomly being talented for no obvious reason. *. In situations with discrete win/loss cutoffs you may be better off increasing variance rather than expectation. *. If you predict that you will do/believe a thing in some circumstance, and predict that that circumstance will happen, update all the way and do/believe the thing now. -*. When deciding on a course of action in an uncertain situation, commit to something and do it properly rather than inefficiently trying to handle every possible scenario. See also [[https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FMkQtPvzsriQAow5q/the-correct-response-to-uncertainty-is-not-half-speed]]. \ No newline at end of file +*. When deciding on a course of action in an uncertain situation, commit to something and do it properly rather than inefficiently trying to handle every possible scenario. See also [[https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FMkQtPvzsriQAow5q/the-correct-response-to-uncertainty-is-not-half-speed]]. +*. People respond to incentives, and also don't like acknowledging this. \ No newline at end of file