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Losing the root for the tree — LessWrong
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A look at how we can get caught up in the details and lose sight of the bigger picture. By repeatedly asking "what are we really trying to accomplish…
x Losing the root for the tree — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2022 Lost Purposes Task Prioritization Existential risk Rationality Curated 511 Losing the root for the tree by Adam Zerner 20th Sep 2022 11 min read 31 511 1 You know that being healthy is important. And that there's a lot of stuff you could do to improve your health: getting enough sleep, eating well, reducing stress, and exercising, to name a few. There’s various things to hit on when it comes to exercising too. Strength, obviously. But explosiveness is a separate thing that you have to train for. Same with flexibility. And don’t
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