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I think you're on the right track, Caesium. I've arrived at 41 years with a dynamic 25-year plan ahead of me, and I would suggest that you spend some time spreading yourself among very different activities and causes for at least four years, then consolidate your time into what you enjoy most. You will find that not all charitable organizations are equal, and there will be some causes (whether charitable or not) that really grab you by the short hairs and demand your attention. Think of it rather like the second run at your school life - you start with as wide a net as possible, gradually close in on what you're... (read more)
"He was going to suck my blood!" -Richard
"Which is what we do to anyone when we tell them we'll be hurt if they don't live our way." -Don
-from Illusions, Richard Bach
My point of this as a rationality quote: it is a reminder that we have to stay our course regardless of how much others may not agree with the logic with which we rule our lives.
The world is not an inherently kind nor fair place. It is up to us to make it so.
This post brings to mind a fault I see with trying to create a trust system of Friendly AI's. Humans are inherently untrustworthy and random. A robotic AI that is built to be friendly (or at least interact) with humans should by most concepts have a set of rules to work with that minimize its desire to kill us all and turn us into computer fuel. Even in an imperfect world, AI's would be trained to deal with humans in a forthright and honest fashion, to give the truth when asked, and to build assumptions based on facts and real information. Humans, however, are irrational creatures that lie, cheat, and steal when... (read 425 more words →)
Human nature dictates that we both assume 'someone else' is going to start a group, and assume the task of creating said group is very difficult. So even those people who lurk and say to themselves, "Gosh, I'd love to have a group like that in my city" won't take the first step unless they are given "permission".
In that sentence, you really did hit the nail on the head there, Bentarm.
That's actually in incredibly good, rational method for learning to write. It allows the writer to study an existing model, practice, then compare against the model afterwards. One could do this with pretty much any author, journal, or paper that you enjoy, and it should be effective no matter the type of writing. Now that I think about it, I'm going to suggest it to some friends of mine who teach English classes in the area. Thanks!