Category Archives: models of thinking
Good and bad ways to do Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)
From the CFAR syallabus, (which may in time change) is a suggestion to take actions that put you outside of your comfort zone even though you might not want to. Their rational is something along the lines of encouraging you … Continue reading
Qualia of the problem
I have a generic rant about the qualia of the problem. It goes something like this: Qualia are a philosophical concept, they refer to subjective personal experience that can not be described, they are personally experienced and cannot be communicated. … Continue reading
Addendum to: “should you reverse any advice you
Should You Reverse Any Advice You Hear? This post relates to the above SSC post. Scott says: That lots of the advice people give is useful for some people, but that the opposite advice is useful for other people. For example, … Continue reading
Schelling points, trajectories and iteration cycles
Schelling points I have lived in the same suburb of the same city for all of my life. We have a shopping centre that I know, if I go there for more than an hour – I will bump into … Continue reading
adding and removing complexity from models
I had a really interesting conversation with a guy about modelling information. what I did when talking to him is in one case insist that his model be made more simple because adding more variation in the model was unhelpful, … Continue reading
preference over null preference
For some parts of life it is better to exist with a prepared preference, for other parts of life it is better to exist without a prepared preference. This is going to be about looking at the sets of preferences … Continue reading
Changing time zones
With a few of my new organisation and time management prediction algorithms I have found that I can plan down to a few minutes accurately. I noticed something today that surprised me. I wear two watches. The history of this goes back more … Continue reading
