A lot of Less Wrong frames becoming more rational in terms of correcting biases. When Scott Alexander is asked how he does it, he doesn't seem to actually have an answer-- if I recall correctly, he's just said that all he's got in his life is his job, his girlfriend, and his blog, which doesn't begin to explain his remarkable flow of interesting posts.
It's a good thing to have fewer and weaker biases, but it's better if de-biasing can be applied to new ideas which have a good chance of paying off.
Is there LW material about creativity that I'm not remembering? Any recommendations for information about creativity elsewhere? I'm especially interested in material which you've seen help you or other people become more creative, as distinct from material which has been plausible and/or fun to read.
Edited to add: While I think this is a generally applicable topic, I also have a local interest. I'm fond of LW, but it seems to be in a doldrums, and at least part of the cause is a lack of interesting new material.
I consider myself to be pretty creative. I have lots of contrarian thoughts that I think are sensible (not that that's exactly what creativity is...).
I'm a very inside view-driven thinker, and I think that that plays a very large role in the contrarian conclusions I arrive at.
I have a rather strong impression that trying to explore things "from the bottom up" (Inside View) will lead to creative thoughts. And I sense that it's a skill that rationalists could be particularly good at! Although I sense that currently a lot of rationalists aren't particularly good at it right now, because they don't try to think about things "from the bottom up" when the "outside view evidence" says that it's unlikely.
Along similar lines, I sense that Intentional Compartmentalization like Nothing is Beyond My Grasp and My Willpower Doesn't Deplete would be really useful. Because they get you to explore possibilities that you normally wouldn't explore. (Although I should note that I believe in those two ideas way way more so than others)