From b6a5d57c115b49eaafb0f2678dd50a29d93bc13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 10:35:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Edit=20=E2=80=98helpful=5Flife=5Fadvice?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=99?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- helpful_life_advice.myco | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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