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Locaha comments on Why don't more rationalists start startups? - Less Wrong Discussion

-3 Post author: adamzerner 20 January 2014 07:29AM

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Comment author: Locaha 20 January 2014 09:39:37AM *  1 point [-]

Real world rationality (defined as winning) requires very good people skills. This is something I expect the vast majority of LW community to not have (sorry, mates, but our archetypical member is a male CS student with no partner).

Comment author: [deleted] 20 January 2014 04:44:30PM 2 points [-]

Actually as of the last survey only about half LWers are single, which is probably comparable to the fraction of singles among twentysomethings in the general population.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 20 January 2014 04:09:38PM 1 point [-]

Go more meta and ask what can you do to fix that. People working in CS usually have good income. If you paid someone to be your coach, would it be worth it? You could try different coaches and see how it works.