Notes | Tutorial 34

Date: 2020-08-31

review writing/outlining

• problem: if I don’t feel good about a simpler word use a more technical one
• extra parens -> more cluttered
• trying to hard to copy what the paper says (outlining) instead of explaining the ideas
• idea: maybe should have added commentary at the end of each subsection.

• copying the parts i didn’t like is confusing – ppl might as well just read the original.

• ET: what are important ideas, only write about those, not redo the rest, give self more leeway to reorganise it, alter the presentation, use own examples, etc.
• todo: write alt version - not outlining; explain it myself.

advance and answer method

• example: http://curi.us/1595#12793
• the post is in two parts - one advance, one answer

exercises

• tree-out http://curi.us/1595#12793 discussion
• analyse first level replies: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Ze6PqJK2jnwnhcpnb/chains-bottlenecks-and-optimization
• and other material from http://curi.us/2371-analyzing-quotes-objectively-and-socially
• work on checklist and improve, check “social dynamics summary notes”

social dynamics

• effort-based analysis
  • who’s putting in how much effort?
  • who’s asking for how much effort?
  • who’s reacting to who
  • who gets to question who?
  • who answers?
  • who ignores counter-party requests?
  • who gives hints and expects the counter-party to figure out what he means
  • who’s happy with status quo, who want’s change, who’s needy?
  • calm is high status
  • LoLE
  • who’s framing of the issue dominates?
  • who’s signalling expertise?
• social thing: okay to lie to prevent people being discouraged

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