I've noticed a good deal of some of the best self-improvement advice I've ever found is right here on LessWrong.

At the same time, I think EY's mention of his diligence difficulty is only incidental here. It was in the context of discussing it that he had a valuable insight, and it is this valuable insight which is his real point in this post.

The apparent chaos of a system is a sufficient condition for stupidity (in this area) on the part of the observer.

All areas which we feel are chaotic are areas which we are ignorant about, assuming that there are no fundamentally predictable phenomena. If we can shift those areas labeled as unpredictable to predictable once studied, we may find that there are superior pursuable outcomes we could be actualizing.

One more blind spot among many worth sacrificing to the light.