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roland comments on What are you working on? August 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: RobertLumley 03 August 2012 03:10PM

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Comment author: roland 04 August 2012 08:31:16AM 5 points [-]

One thing that made a huge difference for me: record yourself when talking to strangers and listen to it afterwards. Unbelievable how much insight I got and awareness of my own clumsiness/mistakes once I listened to myself talking. The way I do it is I carry a small digital recorder under my shirt and just press record before I start talking.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 05 August 2012 02:24:08AM *  8 points [-]

this sounds terrifying.

which probably means it's a really good idea.

Comment author: juliawise 06 August 2012 01:36:01PM 3 points [-]

When deciding to do this, you should take into account that it may be illegal, depending on whether you're in a public space and what state you're in.

Comment author: bbleeker 08 August 2012 11:24:46AM 0 points [-]

Why did that get voted down? juliawise is right. Also, I'm not a very socially ept person either, so I'd hate it if someone were to record me that way.