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Challenging The Difficult
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Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
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A
sequence
on how to do things that are difficult or "impossible".
Blog posts
The Proper Use of Humility
Tsuyoku Naritai (I Want To Become Stronger)
Tsuyoku vs. the Egalitarian Instinct
- There may be
evolutionary
psychological
factors that encourage
modesty
and mediocrity, at least in
appearance
;
while some of that may still apply today, you should mentally plan and strive to pull ahead, if you are doing things right.
Guardians of the Truth
and
Guardians of Ayn Rand
Lotteries: A Waste of Hope
and
New Improved Lottery
The Failures of Eld Science
(prerequisite:
Quantum Physics
)
Something to Protect
Einstein's Superpowers
Trying to Try
Use the Try Harder, Luke
On Doing the Impossible
Make an Extraordinary Effort
Shut Up and Do the Impossible
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Readlists
:
compilation of this sequence avalaible to download as an ebook (epub, mobi)
See also
Tsuyoku naritai
Egalitarianism
Rationality as martial art
Rationality is systematized winning