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College Advice For People Like Me — LessWrong

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I'm graduating from UChicago in around 60 days, and I've been thinking about what I've learned these past four years. I figured I'd write it all down while it's still fresh. This isn't universal advice. It's specifically for people like me (or who want to be like me). High-agency, motivated types who hate having free time.[1] People who'd rather risk making mistakes than risk missing out, who want to control more than they initially think they can, and who are willing to go all-in relatively quickly. If you're reading Ben Kuhn and Alexey Guzey or have ever heard of the Reverend Thomas Bayes, you're probably one of us. So here's at least some of what I've figured out. Take what's useful, leave what isn't — maybe do the opposite of everything I've said. Find something you're fully pointed towards. Something you direct yourself towards. It's tough to know if you've really found it, which is where epistemic humility comes in, but it's a bit like falling in love, where you realize that it's

x College Advice For People Like Me — LessWrong Productivity Practical Frontpage 58 College Advice For People Like Me by henryj 12th Apr 2025 Linkpost for www.henryjosephson.com 20 min read 5 58 I'm graduating from UChicago in around 60 days, and I've been thinking about what I've learned these past four years. I figured I'd write it all down while it's still fresh. This isn't universal advice. It's specifically for people like me (or who want to be like me). High-agency, motivated types who hate having free time. [1] People who'd rather risk making mistakes than risk missing out, who want to

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