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This is a really good post. I particularly like the suggestion that we don't have to infer and cache conclusions about ourselves when we screw up and don't return a library book. (Of course, other people would be rational to cache a conclusion about us because thinking differently wouldn't be a self-fulfilling prophecy.)
Thanks. Steve re-invented the library books technique by thinking about refactoring code and categories... but examples like the library books example are also standard in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. And CBT has other good techniques for becoming aware of your own thinking and for changing your thinking habits in useful ways. I really think we should be rifling through their thoughts for rationality training gimmicks.
Unfortunately, I don't know any good CBT resources to link my "I really think we should look at these people" claims to, and I especially know none online (I read a decent book on how to teach CBT in a bookstore but lost the name, and I read a decent summary at the end of a book on something else, in Martin Seligman's book "Absolute Happiness"). Does anyone else know what reading we might want to consult?
I found "Feeling Good" by David Burns to be helpful.