jimrandomh comments on A "Failure to Evaluate Return-on-Time" Fallacy - Less Wrong

47 Post author: lionhearted 07 September 2010 07:01PM

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Comment author: steven0461 07 September 2010 10:54:18PM *  2 points [-]

Why not just call it "self-improvement"? The phrase had more specific connotations in the linked post (self-improvement as opposed to self-abasement), but those don't apply here, and in general avoiding needless cryptic jargon is good PR and anti-cultishness.

Comment author: jimrandomh 07 September 2010 11:29:20PM 4 points [-]

That does seem to make sense, but for some reason I can't quite place, the phrase "self-improvement project" suggests long-duration projects to me, while the concept I'm driving at is focused on one-time acts of analysis and precedent setting. I can't think of a good way to express this distinction in a catchy English phrase.

Comment author: whpearson 07 September 2010 11:44:18PM *  7 points [-]

"Life refactoring" would work for people with a programming background.

edit: Although the pedant in me says it is a mix of optimisation and refactoring. Refactoring has the right connotations of single instance changes and less confusion from other sources than optimisation.

Comment author: jimrandomh 08 September 2010 12:28:31AM 1 point [-]

Best suggested phrase so far. And searching seems to indicate that it's unused.

Comment author: mattnewport 08 September 2010 12:35:10AM *  3 points [-]

Best suggested phrase so far. And searching seems to indicate that it's unused.

Life hacking on the other hand is a widely used phrase with a similar meaning.