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Play in Hard Mode — LessWrong

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Hard mode is harder. The reason to Play in Hard Mode is because it is the only known way to become stronger, and to defend against Goodhart’s Law. Strategies that work in Easy Mode won’t work in Hard Mode. The key idea of Hard Mode is to keep your eyes on the prize. You know exactly what you want. You can’t munchkin your way to getting it. Once you start aiming to make a number go up, or get a check in the right box, you have lost sight of the thing you actually want. Proxy measures lead to failure; your value is fragile. That number correlates to what you want, but only insofar as you’re aiming for the goal and not the number. If you break the spirit of the exercise, all is lost. Your values have been hijacked. If you fail to develop skills along the way, you have missed the point, because the game has no end. I Consider playing guitar in Rock Band. You must choose whether to play in Hard Mode. If you do, you will fail a lot. You will play the same songs over and over again. Tricks th

x Play in Hard Mode — LessWrong Slack and the Sabbath Frontpage 57 Play in Hard Mode by Zvi 26th Aug 2017 6 min read 2 57 Epistemic Status: Love the player, love the game Also consider: Playing on Easy Mode Raymond Arnold asked me, why do you insist on playing in hard mode? Hard mode is harder. The reason to Play in Hard Mode is because it is the only known way to become stronger , and to defend against Goodhart’s Law. Strategies that work in Easy Mode won’t work in Hard Mode. The key idea of Hard Mode is to keep your eyes on the prize. You know exactly what you want. You can’t munchkin your w

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