mattnewport comments on Beware of Other-Optimizing - Less Wrong

79 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 April 2009 01:58AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 10 April 2009 08:31:21PM 7 points [-]

Maybe we need a site like reddit for self-help tips. That way you could try the thing that worked for the most people first.

Comment author: mattnewport 10 April 2009 08:36:30PM 33 points [-]

Even better would be an Amazon like recommendation system - 'other people who benefited from this tip also benefited from...'

Comment author: ABranco 10 July 2010 05:06:17PM 2 points [-]

I think that would be great. Any initiative here? Quantifying the results Amazon-like would be great.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 10 April 2009 10:07:22PM 3 points [-]

That actually seems like a rather good idea. It would seem to make sense that there'd be some correlations there.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 28 August 2011 03:31:20PM 3 points [-]

If so, this would be one of the few things that might actually put the notion of personality types on firm footing.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 28 August 2011 06:33:04PM 2 points [-]

Hrm... if indeed distinct significant clusters showed up, then yes.