Trevor_Blake comments on Where to Intervene in a Human? - Less Wrong

33 Post author: lukeprog 03 July 2012 06:31AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 July 2012 12:31:14AM *  3 points [-]

Make new mistakes. Stop doing what isn't working, with or without having a new plan, with or without it being stupid. That particular form of not-working will end, and that ending is a lessening of cost or an increase of gain or both (all desirable outcomes).

Comment author: orthonormal 04 July 2012 06:58:51PM 0 points [-]

"Make new mistakes" has been my New Year's Resolution for several years now. I highly recommend it (as long as it's understood to refer to social risks and not physical ones).