gjm comments on Open Thread, Jun. 29 - Jul. 5, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Username 04 July 2015 01:49:42AM 2 points [-]

Any tips for boosting one's kindness? I know it's closely related to the Big Five trait of agreeableness and Big Five traits are hard to change (relative to one's age cohort). Perhaps mindfulness meditation could have a long-term effect? One could always just do a bunch of kind actions but I don't think it's that simple.

Comment author: gjm 04 July 2015 11:08:57PM 2 points [-]

My impression is that doing a bunch of kind actions does tend to increase kindness in the future, and in any case it seems like "a bunch of kind actions" is probably (a perhaps-small subset of) the outcome you're wanting from getting kinder, so doing it seems like an obvious win given your stated goals.