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Varuna comments on Bragging Thread, August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Varuna 04 August 2014 03:42:40PM 10 points [-]

Drawing from several online resources, including lukeprog's "How to Beat Procrastination," I helped my high-school-aged daughter understand the workings of her brain a bit better. She has had great success in achieving several short-term goals for herself over the past month.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 August 2014 08:07:04AM 5 points [-]

Could this be scaled? For example, with help from your daughter, could you make a booklet of the compressed knowledge and distribute it to more teenagers? You found the resources; your daughter could help you choose the ones that impressed her, and otherwise optimize for her age group, and perhaps ask a few of her classmates to participate in testing of the booklet...

Comment author: Varuna 05 August 2014 10:47:30PM 3 points [-]

That's a really good idea. I'm going to think about what that might look like.