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SquirrelInHell comments on Monthly Outreach Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 17 April 2016 11:18PM

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Comment author: SquirrelInHell 18 April 2016 10:26:37AM 2 points [-]

It's not broad, but recently I remembered about some old friends and acquaintances that I thought could be receptive to my encouragement and recommendations, that could potentially start them on a path to learning more about rationality, at a small cost to me. I had 1 hour rationality-themed Skype conversations with each such person.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 18 April 2016 11:09:17AM 0 points [-]

Nice! Thanks for spending your time in this cognitive altruism activity :-) Do you have any thoughts about the outcomes of your conversations?

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 19 April 2016 01:43:44AM 1 point [-]

Too early to say if I have achieved any increase in rationality, but in all cases the conversations were a lot of fun for both parties involved. So it turned out I like this as a method to have exciting and meaningful interactions with people, regardless of other considerations.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 19 April 2016 02:55:28AM 0 points [-]

Nice that it's functional either way