John_Maxwell_IV comments on Meta Addiction - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Voltairina 15 March 2012 04:58AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 15 March 2012 05:57:09AM *  15 points [-]

Related: Levels of Action.

As someone who suffers from this, I try to test my self-improvement ideas against reality very soon after thinking of them. A principle I try to follow: If you think of some brilliant scheme for improving yourself, and there's no reason not to implement it right away, do so so you can start collecting data ASAP.

Comment author: Voltairina 15 March 2012 06:10:54AM 2 points [-]

I like that because it interrupts the urge to come up with more ideas.