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Perhaps we should have a monthly 'show off your I-rationaility improvement' thread, the same way we have rationality quotes? So that people could get the warm glow of LW status from being able to boast about how productive they've been recently, while also providing peer pressure to others to be more productive.
Exactly that format is being used right now to solicit suggestions for group activities that would be of high value at the next SoCAL LW meetup in 10 days. Reply (and moderate replies) right here to help influence the activities at the meetup. I will be printing out the top suggestions and bringing them to the event in hopes of getting traction with some of them.
Part of the idea is simply to try out the best suggestion but its also intended to test LW's actual capacity to fold reasonable criticism into behavioral improvements :-)
This idea sounds really good, I'm supporting it. Maybe people who could contribute to such a thread should tell now in this thread?
I'm waiting until October to post it (so it aligns with the quotes and open thread), I have a couple of ideas how to structure it though
Option 1: Structure it identically to the quotes thread, and post it each month. Pros: Lots of opportunities for status boosting and hopefully lots of incentive to try new methods. Cons: People who aren't specifically having akrasia/productivity problems will likely be annoyed to see a million comments proclaiming the awesomeness of GTD and removing trivial inconveniences.
Option 2: Same as Option 1 but only do it once every 3 months. Mostly just an attempt to strike a balance between the people who have issues with akrasia vs those who are here for the other posts.
Option 3: Borrow Sketerpot's format from 6 months back and have a new anti-akrasia tactics thread, complete with statistics about the effectiveness of each method for the LW community. Pros: More useful than just boasting. Cons: I would need to relearn basic statistics and update the effectiveness statistics in a timely fashion (not usually a problem, but I'm meant to be writing a thesis at the moment, not doing maths or having an incentive to hang out here a lot). Possible solution: If someone else wants to write the post up in this format, I hereby grant permission to do so.
Regardless of which option was chosen there would obviously need to be a re-assessment after the first one to see whether there is enough support for an ongoing I-rationality thread.