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Category Archives: models of thinking
A strategy against the call of the void.
I wrote before about The call of the void. That uncomfortable feeling where a voice in your head seems to ask you: What would happen if I jumped off the balcony here… Previously I quoted the one paper that exists on … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance commitment therapy, act, call of the void, tourette
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Worked example of a mnemonic Memory technique
In 2015 I wrote a list of techniques to help you remember names. Today I was working through trying to remember a specific theory and I noticed a pattern I have been using for a few days now. When trying … Continue reading
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Tagged difficult conversations, extramarital affairs, fbreader, learning, memorisation, memory, mnemonics, Names, nvc, remembering, system 1, tts
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The time you have
Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models Part 2: Bargaining Trade-offs to your brain. Part 2a.1: A strategy against … Continue reading
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Lost purposes – Doing what’s easy or what’s important
Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 2: Bargaining Trade-offs to your brain. Part 2a: Empirical time management Part 3: The time that you have Part 3a: A purpose finding exercise Part 4: What does that look like in practice? Part 4a: Lost purposes – Doing … Continue reading
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Tagged applause lights, be specific, goal, goal factoring, important, lost purpose, peta, small tasks, startup, time
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Exploration-Exploitation problems
Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models Part 2: Bargaining Trade-offs to your brain. Part 2a.1: A strategy against … Continue reading
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Tagged arbital, bayes, calibration, diminishing returns, epsilon, exploit, exploitation, exploration, explore, how to measure anything, mathematics, multi-armed bandit, secretary, sharpening the saw, take a break, trade-off, value of information, woodcutter
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Should you share your goals?
It’s complicated. And depends on the environment in which you share your goals. Scenario 1: you post on facebook “This month I want to lose 1kg, I am worried I can’t do it – you guys should show me support”. Your … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, environment, facebook, Friends, goals, prediction, scenario, share, should, support
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Mistakes bad enough you learn, but not bad enough they kill you
When we suggest to learn by doing, what we tend to mean is learn by making mistakes. Or teach your system 1 to be better calibrated by making mistakes and adjusting. Which is fine for the little mistakes: you learn which … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative, danger, feel, fights, mistakes, near miss, power, risk taking, strangers
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