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ChristianKl comments on Communities: A single moderator is often superior to the wisdom of crowds - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 May 2015 01:09:05PM *  0 points [-]

I don't think it's a good article or that it provides deep insight. It's basically about pretending that a certain advice doesn't exist because the author can't see any reason why someone might give that advice. That's because a single article is not enough to learn a new primitives. You can be a PD-blogger without having learned the corresponding lesson.

It includes the line: "She’s not saying you should accept the habits that have held you back."

This suggest that the author doesn't understand the value of accepting negative issues. Very often acceptance is necessary to let go of a behavior afterwards. Various personal development paradigms put a high value on acceptance.

Comment author: casebash 03 May 2015 10:32:55PM 0 points [-]

Okay, maybe you don't think the advice is useful. Under this system you probably won't find lots of advice useful, but you'll still be exposed to new ideas.

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 May 2015 12:05:25AM 0 points [-]

The point is not whether his advice is useful. The point is that he fails to understand and that understanding concepts that are foreign to your world view is hard. Really hard.

Understanding on the other hand needs dealing with a topic for longer amount of time. Deeper understanding is unlikely if you don't deal with the same topic multiple times but always seek for something new.

In general don't take what it means to say "be yourself" from someone who cringes when he hears the phrase and who wouldn't use it himself.