Self-help applied rationality

Selected sequences

good introductory reading

CFAR Handbook

Simple, concrete, applied techniques

Sequences Highlights

Eliezer's Sequences, 50 best essays

Replacing Guilt

Nate Soares's guide to motivation

Timeline

WIP, captured ~40% of the relevant posts
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LessWrong with Sequences
Fragmented Diaspora
LessWrong 2.0
The Rise of AI
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CFAR
Minicamps
Mainline Workshops
AI Safety Focus
Revising Approach
Content
Sequences
Fighting Akrasia
CFAR Techniques
Hammertime
CFAR Handbook
Paradigm
Debiasing
System 1/2
Signaling
Tools
Common Vocabulary
Commitment Mechanisms
Community Commitments
Parts Work
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
Sequences
HPMOR
Scott Alexander
LW
SSC
ACX
AnnaSalamon
Alicorn
lionhearted
Kaj Sotala
Zvi
lukeprog
So8res
LoganStrohl
Valentine
Bound_up
Raemon
alkjash
sarahconstantin
Jacob Falkovich
Neel Nanda
Subjective
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Internal
Multiagent
Looking
Decision Theory
Productivity
Social
Meta
Tempo
TLP

A Rationalist Self-help Framework

1Slack
Gaining space for doing stuff and optimization
2Distractions
Identifying counterproductive patterns and preference misalignment
3Applying Improvements
Using systems correctly and with enough seriousness
4What Actually Happens
Decisionmaking and consistency
5Looking
Finding flow while in the constructed internal experience
6My Brain, the Player
Asking the base hardware for help, guidance, and motivation
7Me, a Character
The self as a role being played, and the narratives that keep it in character
8Subagents
Driving internal alignment by identifying component drives
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Top Library Articles

Singularity Mindset
Player vs. Character - A Two-Level Model of Ethics
Productivity through self-loyalty
A non-mystical explanation of insight meditation and the three characteristics of existence - introduction and preamble
The two-layer model of human values, and problems with synthesizing preferences
Subagents, introspective awareness, and blending
Silence
Slack matters more than any outcome
Become a person who Actually Does Things
Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting
On Systems - Living a life of zero willpower
Live a life you feel excited about
Humans are not automatically strategic
People don't have beliefs any more than they have goals - Beliefs As Body Language
Maps vs Buttons; Nerds vs Normies
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Disclaimer: Stuff posted here isn't meant to present the full representation of LW or the rationalist community.
Since I don't have much experience with topics that affect the external world like AI alignment, EA, and societal problems, I focus on the self-help slice of rat content.