An adapted, somewhat updated version of this article posted to the EA Forum a few months ago: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/i2Q3DTsQq9THhFEgR/introducing-effective-self-help
Effective Self-Help (ESH) is a pilot initiative researching the most effective ways people can improve their wellbeing and productivity. The project is currently funded by the EA Infrastructure Fund.
Improving your ability to function happily and productively should help you to be more effective in trying to solve the most pressing global problems. Effective Self-Help is an attempt to synthesise the best advice in service of this goal, slowly building a single, highest-quality source of information for anything related to wellbeing and/or productivity.
This post explains in greater depth what Effective Self-Help is, what I hope the... (read 4704 more words →)
Really enjoyed this. The human need for challenge and more than the fulfilment of immediate needs/ wants is an argument I've made to friends many times but I'd never thought of infants as such a good example of this.