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Rhwawn comments on Quantified Self recommendations - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Rhwawn 01 July 2012 03:44:38PM 0 points [-]

I think you underestimate simple self-ratings. You could just do those, and yes, there are automated ways. For example, you could turn on a Web browser plugin like RescueTime but disable any blocking functionality - so it's just tracking time spent. Randomize intervention X for a few months, pull the RescueTime logs, and voila! A (non-blind) randomized experiment.