Matthew Handzel

on the atlas — 6

• For Love of the Lightcone, Don't Partisanize AI Safety — LessWrong1 savers
• Increasing returns to effort are common — LessWrong1 savers
• Strong moral realism, meta-ethics and pseudo-questions. — LessWrong1 savers
• Untitled document - Google Docs1 savers
• How You Can Gain Self Control Without "Self-Control" — LessWrong1 savers
• Jungian Psychology, Minus the Nonsense - by Max Goodbird1 savers

highlights — 2

• Twelve Simple Strategies for Gaining More Control Below is a list of simple strategies that you may be able to apply to live with more self-control, whether or not you are a person who tends to have a lot of it naturally. I've divided them into categories to make them easier to digest. I. Preparation 1. Sidestepping temptation: Sally is a sucker for ice cream. When it's in the freezer, she eats the whole container in one go. But when she's at the store, it's easy enough not to buy any. So she doesn't buy ice cream anymore, and she asks her husband not to buy it either. 2. Total elimination: Ke…

  How You Can Gain Self Control Without "Self-Control" — LessWrong

• The easiest way for us to ignore our own worst qualities is to see them in other people. If I focus on your greed, mine fades in comparison. If I focus on your weakness, I feel strong. We do this constantly. The Shadow most easily comes to the fore when the in-group gathers together. They collectively project their Shadow—all the traits they revile—onto the out-group, which is condemned as evil, insane, or less than human. Worse, by denying the out-group’s humanity and casting them as a threat, the Shadow gains an excuse to emerge. It can act out its violence and rage with full justification. …

  Jungian Psychology, Minus the Nonsense - by Max Goodbird