cousin_it comments on New Post version 2 (please read this ONLY if your last name beings with l–z) - Less Wrong

8 Post author: lukeprog 27 July 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 28 July 2011 10:03:10AM *  12 points [-]

Neither upvoted nor downvoted. I didn't learn anything new from the article, but it doesn't look obviously wrong either.

Just a note about jealousy: beating yourself up for "immaturity" whenever you feel jealous doesn't sound to me like a healthy way to self-modify, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's just starting out. IMO it's better to err in the other direction and grow confidence until you lose jealousy as a side effect. That happened to me once and I didn't even notice the change until afterward. But I'm sure you're already happy in the place you are, so it's probably no longer relevant to you.

Comment author: jsteinhardt 28 July 2011 10:13:01PM *  1 point [-]

beating yourself up for "immaturity" whenever you feel jealous doesn't sound to me like a healthy way to self-modify, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's just starting out

Good observation. I had internalized this part of Luke's advice without finding it objectionable on my first reading of the post, but now that you make me think about it more, your note seems likely to be correct and at least important to consider.