lukeprog comments on Mini-camp on Rationality, Awesomeness, and Existential Risk (May 28 through June 4, 2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lukeprog 28 April 2011 03:10:32PM 4 points [-]

I can give more detail on the social effectiveness part of the curriculum.

Training here will include reading body language, transforming your own body language, using fashion, and putting these skills together in the social world. We will also teach some skills for business success to those who already have pretty effective body language and fashion. Everyone has their own fingerprint of social effectiveness, and we plan to make the mini-camp valuable to everyone.

Comment author: Davorak 28 April 2011 09:11:45PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for the reply.

Let me tell you what I currently imagine and then you can correct for incorrect or missing portions.

Body language:

I image some one giving a lecture with slides first talking about the importance of body language and providing evidence, anecdote, and personal anecdote. The lecture would then move on to showing different body postures and the use different common body languages. The might lecturer mimic some specific body language and asking the audience what it means. Then moving on to one on one instruction while the people observe. Multiple groups will be formed if there are enough instructors. A participate would be asked to role play an encounter and then that encounter would be critiqued/discussed and suggestions would be made. Observes would be encouraged to ask questions offer insight that would be vetted to help solidify a common terminology and understanding.

For fashion I would imagine something similar to the above though without props it would be harder to go as in depth. Maybe weave this into a trip into town and a visit to cloths stores?

Other then anecdotes on building culture from the top down I don't have a clear idea of what business skills would be taught or how they would be taught. Maybe where to go to get more resources? Information on Loans, angle investors, venture capitalists?

Comment author: lukeprog 28 April 2011 09:35:11PM 1 point [-]

Your guesses about body language and fashion are pretty good, though there will be much more as well. Trips to clothing stores are planned.

Business success training will be teaching 'advanced social skills' - Dale Carnegie-ish stuff, microexpressions, etc.