You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Alsadius comments on Mistakes repository - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: Dorikka 09 September 2013 03:32AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (192)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: [deleted] 15 September 2013 07:20:08PM 0 points [-]

That would also apply to not having any friends outside of your country, or outside of your generational group, or outside of your socio-economic class, or ...

Also, “all kinds of interesting things” have opportunity costs.

Comment author: Alsadius 16 September 2013 03:44:58AM 0 points [-]

I do have friends in all those groups, and consider them valuable as learning experiences in addition to the friendship. If you want to know people, cast a wide net. And knowing people has more value than you might think - politics, sales, even picking a neighbourhood to live in are all fields where a better understanding of human nature can be very valuable.