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Elo comments on Open Thread, Jun. 29 - Jul. 5, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Username 04 July 2015 01:49:42AM 2 points [-]

Any tips for boosting one's kindness? I know it's closely related to the Big Five trait of agreeableness and Big Five traits are hard to change (relative to one's age cohort). Perhaps mindfulness meditation could have a long-term effect? One could always just do a bunch of kind actions but I don't think it's that simple.

Comment author: Elo 06 July 2015 07:09:47AM 0 points [-]

perhaps: make a list of basic kind actions? (and share it with us) then pick 1-2 to try to apply, then search for life situations to apply them in. set a deadline to do so and report back?

also: take up volunteering in an existing charitable group. meta: see if you can help lesswrong.com