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If you weren't such an idiot... — LessWrong

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My friend Buck once told me that he often had interactions with me that felt like I was saying “If you weren’t such a fucking idiot, you would obviously do…” Here’s a list of such advice in that spirit. Note that if you do/don’t do these things, I’m technically calling you an idiot, but I do/don’t do a bunch of them too. We can be idiots together. If you weren’t such a fucking idiot… I’m sure there are more things that I tell people that can be prefaced with “if you weren’t such an idiot…”, but that’s all I got for now. A post I like by @Mark Xu (who agreed to my crossposting in full). Some more from me: Laptop chargers are also an object for which it's trivial to own multiple, at a low cost and high (potential) advantage. Other examples: Take caffeine once a week (and nicotine (not cigarettes!) once a month) instead of never or daily. Leave social situations when they're not fun or useful anymore. Do small cost-benefit analyses when they make sense[1]. See also: Solved Problems Reposi

x If you weren't such an idiot... — LessWrong Software Tools Practical Frontpage 180 If you weren't such an idiot... by kave , Mark Xu 2nd Mar 2024 2 min read 76 180 This is a linkpost for https://markxu.com/If-You-Weren't My friend Buck once told me that he often had interactions with me that felt like I was saying “If you weren’t such a fucking idiot, you would obviously do…” Here’s a list of such advice in that spirit. Note that if you do/don’t do these things, I’m technically calling you an idiot, but I do/don’t do a bunch of them too. We can be idiots together. If you weren’t such a fucki

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