Viliam_Bur comments on Worse than Worthless - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 01 January 2014 06:01:22PM *  9 points [-]

I wonder what is the equivalent of the Steady Shot in real life that I keep ignoring...

Perhaps "exercise, go out to meet new people, and keep smiling"?

Comment author: Benquo 03 January 2014 12:25:14AM *  2 points [-]

You might want to try the munchkin and cheat codes posts in Discussion:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/h9b/post_ridiculous_munchkin_ideas/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/i3r/low_stress_employment_munchkin_income_thread/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/379/cheat_codes/

Those three things in particular all seem pretty obvious wins, though the analogy is limited - you wouldn't literally want to do only those three things.

Comment author: D_Malik 04 January 2014 04:00:56AM 1 point [-]

Something along the lines of "plow field, plant seeds, wait, harvest"? Of course, in real life we can just build machines to mash those buttons for us.

Or, the buttons that people keep ignoring: getting enough sleep, eating right, taking supplements (fish oil, D3, piracetam, etc.), not wasting time, learning new things...