Mnemotechnics

Time Ferris's recent podcsat with Carl Shurmann had a quote of a quote that stuck with me: 'the good shit sticks', said by a writer when questioned on how he remembers good thoughts when he's constantly blackout drunk. That kind of 'memory optimism' as I call it seems a great way to mitigate memory doubt disorder which I'd guess is more common among skeptics, rationalist and other purveyors of doubt.

Innovation in education

Do your alma matta have anything resembling a academic decisions tribunal and administrative decisions tribunal?

We should establish an ‘academic teaching and administration tribunal’ to provide independent oversight on teaching quality and administrative decisions such as decisions whether or not to answer a particular student enquiry to which students,fellow staff and any other whistleblower can anonymously refer matters with less fear of repercussion. Sometimes, matters are too small to seek higher order intervention, like the coordinator of your degree, when a subject coordinator messes up. However, these little problems can have a serious impact on the student, too. Right now, the only independent redress are courts of law with nothing in between.

Webapp ideas

• Service that will 'publish all emails to my website or through an external service' if my account becomes inactive, say due to death or missing. I know I can have my account data shared with trusted contacts, but how about a service?

• Service to sustain webpage maintenance after death without others maintaining it

• google login bot to login to gmail account every 8 months so it doesn’t get deleted...say if you do cryonics..

• job application service (will apply for jobs on your behalf) that doesn’t have a super unprofessional page or lots of spelling mistakes on their website and customer service

Other ideas

• Volunteer staffed childcare centre - many people would pay to take care of cute children...but only for a couple of hours. Many people do pay others to take care of their children. Both volunteers and paid staff can get working with children checks to screen against pedos, and paid staff working full hours could manage the surge capacity and time in-between volunteers. But, it would make a compelling business case.

Personal development

I'm not satisfied with my personality, relationships and I don't have a clear sense of the way I make meaning from the world. So, I'll read the wikipedia page on meaning, npd and bpd which I think I have, and follow radical, formulaic process oriented apporaches to how I relate to people from no onwards.

I reckon it's the stress of university bringing on the recent tanking in my mood.

On the flip side, I get the positive emotions, engagement, relationships (sorta) and achievement parts of the PERMA model of human flourishing downpat, and have staved off enduring depression and anxiety disorder traits for a while, not to mention psychosis.

New roommates

Familiarity licenses others with freedom of action, and deprives the familiar with freedom from inteference.