Notes | Tutorial 48

Date: 2020-10-12

note: not feeling so hot today

reflection

• not quite sure how to do more re: bigger picture goals, just more detailed?
• I feel like i’m regressing maybe, like focusing more on other things again means I’m getting lazy

Goals

• Write docs about IBDD (Flux) – technical / systems level writing
• Get better at writing
  • I don’t feel like I’ve done enough
  • quality isn’t high enough
  • not ‘easy’ enough in general (it is somewhat easy when I’m ‘inspired’)
• Reading habit not instantiated
• Improving my discussion capability
  • quality
  • I want to be able to effectively lead a discussion

Note: I started doing this and felt a bit flat so worked on the post below a bit.

writing feedback

• https://xertrov.github.io/fi/posts/2020-10-12-what-is-the-goal-of-a-political-party/

tutorial

spaced repetition

• ET: should probs do spaced repetition practice of past exercises
  • e.g. brainstorming before writing
  • writing practice
    • topic sentences
  • grammar trees / analysis
  • text analysis trees
    • connections between ideas, how they relate to each other
    • analysis for social dynamics
  • trees in general; debate tree, brainstorming tree
  • philosophy:
    • yes/no – go through content
    • paths forward – review at least
      • articles
    • overreaching
    • scheduling / resource budgets / buffers / procrastination / motivation

not just maintenance, none of these are “done”

• urgency; no pressure -> no work
  • FI: it is urgent (compounding effect)
    • allocate time?
    • mindset shift
      • think this has something to do with some general dissatisfaction w/ myself / some conflict.
  • you have to see a problem to be motivated to solve it / work on it
    • e.g. parents with some problem might be motivated to discuss / learn about TCS
    • throughout day - come up with examples of where some skill would be helpful
      • identify specific times
      • planning steps help to see problems more clearly: goal, resource usage, budget; list things that would help make the project better / more successful
        • “wishful thinking” list
  • buffers - over-scheduling
    • schedule too full -> pushing things off
    • if schedule is ‘semi open’ then it’s easier to fit in FI / reading / etc
    • scheduling waking hours vs ‘office hours’
    • flex time
      • the goal: flex time not wasted time
    • don’t be afraid to have extra flex time
      • my guess is probably 50% is a good place to start
    • good use of flex time: taking stock of situation, looking at schedule docs, estimating buffers, will I have spare time or not, etc

writing practice

• can practice philosophy stuff by writing about it
  • repeatedly writing posts helps think through and ‘internalize’ the idea

reading – practice and make habitual.

• Justing + Anne’s conversation about Atlas Shrugged helped

leading discussions

• objective part
  • discussion tree
  • work with them in collab way to brainstorm issues and questions and address systematically
    • some nodes we’ll agree on
    • disagreement nodes are where discussion & reasons happen
      • can make arguments that aren’t decisive but sound good
        • other person might be persuaded
        • makes sense particularly when person does believe in arguments of support
      • better is to find decisive issues
        • both ppl could suggest an idea which, if it were wrong, they would change their mind
        • lots of issues disagreed about, but not all will change their mind
          • good explicit upfront question
          • what’s the crucial thing that would change my mind
        • often there’s a key issue in both ppl’s mind

        • one way to get at it via goldratt’s conflict clouds / evaporating clouds

• social part
  • issues like do they want to listen / respond
  • manage social stuff at least some

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• writing checklist
  • 95 min

carryover:

• idea for post (for max):
  • how should one respond to impasses
  • why is discussion methodology important

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