Comment author: devas 04 February 2016 10:08:56AM 4 points [-]

This is a topic I am very interested in and would like to see explored in depth, but the huge wall of text at the beginning (and in other parts) meant I couldn't read this article.

Please chop this into paragraphs.

Comment author: BayesianMind 05 February 2016 02:50:23AM 5 points [-]

Done.

Comment author: Elo 03 February 2016 10:57:09PM 1 point [-]

Please fix your formatting.

Comment author: BayesianMind 03 February 2016 11:46:53PM 2 points [-]

Done! It is still not perfect, but hopefully good enough.

In response to How to grow faster
Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 July 2015 10:39:26PM 1 point [-]

With regard to 5a I think trigger action plans and other habit formation tricks are better than smart goals as a framework. Goals have a variety of structural and psychological problems, habits are things that pay dividends for decades.

Comment author: BayesianMind 24 July 2015 07:26:11AM 0 points [-]

Thank you for this suggestion. I have added forming implementation intentions as step 5b. I think that having set SMART goals can be helpful for formulating implementation intentions. SMART goals help you realize what you have to do and how often, whereas implementation intentions increase the likelihood that you will actually do what it takes to achieve what you have resolved to accomplish.

Comment author: BayesianMind 20 July 2015 02:25:15AM 15 points [-]

Hi,

I am Falk. I am a PhD student in the computational cognitive science lab at UC Berkeley. I develop and test computational models of bounded rationality in decision making and reasoning. I am particularly interested in how we can learn to be more rational. To answer this question I am developing a computational theory of cognitive plasticity. I am also very interested in self-improvement, and I am hoping to develop strategies, tools and interventions that will help us become more rational.

I have written a blog post on what we can do to accelerate our cognitive growth that I would like to share with the LessWrong community, but it seems that I am not allowed to post it yet.