> One thing that makes me happy is accomplishment.
What you describe sounds suspiciously similar to what Muehlhauser calls creating "success spirals" [1], which is coincidentally in the same sequence "The Science of Winning at Life".
> The allure of LW is that we're perfectly rational or that we can at least make ourselves that we through sheer force of will.
And to be fair, LW: does make a distinction between epistemic (ideal) rationality and instrumental (pragmatic) rationality [2]; is aware of its propensity for insight porn [3]; and has made progress towards bringing things in the stratosphere [4] back down to the object level (e.g. [5][6]).
What you describe sounds suspiciously similar to what Muehlhauser calls creating "success spirals" [1], which is coincidentally in the same sequence "The Science of Winning at Life".
> The allure of LW is that we're perfectly rational or that we can at least make ourselves that we through sheer force of will.
And to be fair, LW: does make a distinction between epistemic (ideal) rationality and instrumental (pragmatic) rationality [2]; is aware of its propensity for insight porn [3]; and has made progress towards bringing things in the stratosphere [4] back down to the object level (e.g. [5][6]).
[1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/
[2] http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality
[3] http://lesswrong.com/lw/9p/extreme_rationality_its_not_that_...
[4] http://lesswrong.com/lw/58g/levels_of_action/
[5] http://lesswrong.com/lw/58m/build_small_skills_in_the_right_...
[6] http://lesswrong.com/lw/k4n/a_brief_summary_of_effective_stu...