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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, 21-27 April 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 22 April 2014 11:05:33PM 2 points [-]

There's no standardized list.

Basically it turns out that it's really hard to get people to measure specific stuff and it's often a lot more useful if people measure value that they care about.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 23 April 2014 12:29:46AM 1 point [-]

Agreed. QS seems most helpful for providing people tools to attack problems they are having (sleep, weight, etc.) rather than make a normal person superhuman.

Comment author: ChristianKl 23 April 2014 05:37:47PM 0 points [-]

I wouldn't frame it that way. Talking of "problem" indicates that you compare yourself to the average person. There no reason why you have to do that. You can also track a variable where you are already above average and work on improving on that variable.

On the other hand you have to care about improving on that variable.