This seems incredibly interesting to me. Googling “White-boarding techniques” only gives me results about digitally shared idea spaces. Is this what you’re referring to? I’d love to hear more on this topic.

That’s an important point I neglected. I mean something like “the top LW post on the list would have the most links from other LW posts”

For example, I’d expect “More Dakka” would be high up on the list. Since it is mentioned in LW posts quite often.

Maybe I could even write a sequence on this?

Note to self, write a post about the novel akrasia solutions I thought up before becoming a rationalist.

• Figuring out how to want to want to do things
• Personalised advertising of Things I Wanted to Want to Do
• What I do when all else fails

Oh, it’s nothing exciting. Here are the changes I’ve made since last time.

• Started taking longer morning walks and doing yoga
• No Tv of YouTube, so that the guitar is like a super stimuli
• Taking DHA algae powder instead of relying on walnuts for ALA, that converts to EPA, that converts to DHA and forms myelin sheaths in the brain
• Spaced repetition
• playing before bed
• not cramming practice sessions. Instead playing for 20-30 minutes at a time.

This was interesting for me. I’m currently learning the guitar and am torn between continuing or not. It is fun, but there is only a certain amount I can use my hands before I get RSI on any given day.

Besides for figuring out the limits of my hands, which has helped some with developing a better stretching routine. I haven’t had any major improvements in my life because of it.

I did notice that I learned much quicker than I have in the past when I’ve tried to learn instruments. Which tells me that my current character build optimisation towards learning and memory is working. That was a good data point to update on.

It sounds like you’re having a lot of fun though, and your brain sees music differently to mine. I hope it continues to be rewarding for a long time!

Sometimes, when I’m thinking about learning a topic, I’ll look at the first video in the YouTube CrashCourse series for the topic. Then I’ll turn that into Anki cards. They’ll then act as hooks of understanding going forward.

I think any topic’s introductory Crash Course video would work well for the video that you’re trying to make.

I currently am completing psychological studies for credit in my university psych course. The entire time, all I can think is “I wonder if that detail is the one they’re using to trick me with?”

I wonder how this impacts results. I can’t imagine being in a heightened state of looking out for deception has no impact.

I’ve got a few questions.

1. What is “WRT brain function”?
2. How does someone train themself out of subvocalising?
3. If you think critically, has speed reading actually increased your learning rate for semantic knowledge?
4. Most things have downsides, what are the downsides of speed reading?
5. What are your Words Per Minute (WPM)?
6. Did you test WPM before learning speed reading?
7. If this was an RPG, what level do you think you are in speed reading from 1-100?
8. How long did it take you to reach your current level in this skill?

Sorry that’s a lot of questions. I’ve been curious about this topic for a while. But the sources I hear it recommended from aren’t ones I completely trust. So it feels like a good opportunity getting to ask a LWer about it.

In my head I was thinking a tree branch moving in the wind.