Mini Blog Post 15: The illusion of doing nothing — Neel Nanda
A lot of my problems boil down to an attachment to safe options, and a desire to not put myself out there. I try to dissect where this error comes from, and propose concrete actions to overcome it.
Mini Blog Post 15: The illusion of doing nothing Jun 24 Written By Neel Nanda (This post is very much in the spirit of Become a person who Actually Does Things , but I try to focus on fleshing out the underlying errors and next actions better) One of more unexpected benefits of interning in the finance industry is that I now have a much crisper intuition for probabilities, expected values and reasoning and decision-making under uncertainty. And this highlighted a strong bias in my mind, that given a risky opportunity it feels much more comfortable to do nothing. When faced with a risk, I alway
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