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jkaufman comments on Happiness Logging: One Year In - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: jkaufman 09 October 2014 07:24PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 10 October 2014 11:10:01AM 1 point [-]

Have you found any interesting correlations?

I haven't. I'd actually be a little more interested in trying some randomized experiments; with correlations it's so hard to know if there's really a common cause.

Comment author: Username 13 October 2014 01:15:04AM 2 points [-]

If this experiment in what makes you happy is a) not turning up interesting correlations, b) takes time out of your day to log and curate, and c) is actively making you unhappy, then why are you still doing it? It seems like the one singular result is that doing the research is bad for your personal well being. If I were you I'd cut it out of my life right now.

Comment author: jkaufman 13 October 2014 12:12:30PM 0 points [-]

In general the more data I have the more useful it gets. I don't think it makes me much less happy, and it doesn't take very much time, so I'm willing to pay those small costs to keep the data analysis options open.