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How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious — LessWrong

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I have a confession to make. My life hasn’t changed all that much since I started reading Less Wrong. Hindsight bias makes it hard to tell, I guess, but I feel like pretty much the same person, or at least the person I would have evolved towards anyway, whether or not I spent those years reading about the Art of rationality. But I can’t claim to be upset about it either. I can’t say that rationality has undershot my expectations. I didn’t come to Less Wrong expecting, or even wanting, to become the next Bill Gates; I came because I enjoyed reading it, just like I’ve enjoyed reading hundreds of books and websites. In fact, I can’t claim that I would want my life to be any different. I have goals and I’m meeting them: my grades are good, my social skills are slowly but steadily improving, I get along well with my family, my friends, and my boyfriend. I’m in good shape financially despite making $12 an hour as a lifeguard, and in a year and a half I’ll be making over $50,000 a year as a r

x How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious — LessWrong Ambition Emotions Motivations Frontpage 260 How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious by Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 23rd Jan 2012 12 min read 240 260 I have a confession to make. My life hasn’t changed all that much since I started reading Less Wrong. Hindsight bias makes it hard to tell, I guess, but I feel like pretty much the same person, or at least the person I would have evolved towards anyway , whether or not I spent those years reading about the Art of rationality. But I can’t claim to be upset about it either. I can’t say that rationality has u

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