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The Dead Planet Theory

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Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by wglb »

ForOldHack wrote: post #31
ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #25

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Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by Balgair »

baxtr wrote: post #77
Balgair wrote: post #74

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> it is simple, but not easy Mom always taught me the polite way of saying this is that something is then 'straightforward'. The matrix here is: Steps are clear, but difficult to take > 'straightforward' Steps are clear, but easy to take > 'trivial, easy, simple, etc' Steps are unclear, but difficult to take > 'hard, impossible, non-trivial, etc' Steps are unclear, but easy to take > 'should be a lark, non-obvious, e…

Not sure I understand. What are the two axes? Clarity and difficulty? If so what are examples? - Clarity high, difficulty high: Iron Man - Clarity high, difficulty low: online shopping - Clarity low, difficulty low: ?? - Clarity low, difficulty high: starting a new business

Yes, pretty much.

Difficulty of the next achievement/step vs. the ability to know what that next step is

> - Clarity low, difficulty low: ??

I'd say navigation here. Like, finding that new restaurant or traveling overland without maps. Easy to just drive/walk there, hard to find the place though.

Kinda relates to David Epstein's kind vs. unkind learning environments too.

Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by achierius »

roenxi wrote: post #3

> If I were to write a fictional story, and set this many characters of such magnitude in the same city at the same time, people would think the premise was absurd. Heh, I chuckle because understanding the mechanics of what is happening in that anecdote one is one of the high-payoff learning curves the the article was talking about up to that point. The dynamics of how a group makes decisions is not particularly intu…

> democracy actually leverages that really well in practice

Does it? Everything I know indicates that the #1 deciding factor in how much influence you can get (within a modern liberal democracy) is how much money you have to begin with.

> people who notice get annoyed because they have a naive view that all the voters in a democratic polity are meant to have equal sway and impact in practice

I don't think people have (nearly as much of) an issue with e.g. people who caucus getting more sway than your average voter. But even the most devoted party volunteer will struggle to out-influence even a relatively disinterested large donor.

Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by ForOldHack »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #2

One of my strongest recommendations to people on social networks is to engage down-thread. Talk to other people, not just the top post. Get beyond your glancing para-social relationship, and expand your Metcalfe-factor by commenting and liking other people's engagement. Especially for new or young networks, a lot of people are truly starved for engagement & don't see the pattern of being engaged with . Engagement has…

You are not the top post, but so what? I interact with posts that spin my brain, like "That is good... that is really good."

I agree with your idea to engage down-thread.

Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by Paradigm2020 »

stego-tech wrote: post #14

Excellent article, and a reflection of my own successes in my career thus far - and of recent, life in general. I'm not an SME in anything specific. The fact I know this , already puts me in the top 50% of IT Professionals. The fact I can identify my level of expertise in specific fields or subjects ("I know what I know, I know what I don't know, and I'm willing to admit the latter") probably bumps me into the top 25…

Can you write down the books you used for your "do the reading"? Thank you ! (ideally also what year you read them and if you would read them again now or would go for something else)

Re: The Dead Planet Theory

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

Legend2440 wrote: post #64
nextlevelwizard wrote: post #43

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I have an engineering degree and I can’t remember the difference since I have literally never needed either since school. Just like examples in the post it self, sure you can get better fast, but if no one cares why bother? Oh you got a bit better ELO in chess, nice, what now? Now your average friends don’t want to play you and you aren’t good enough to beat anyone at the chess club. So either you quit or you have to…

You’re right, you should just be bad at everything. That’s a much better way to live your life.

Just because I don’t want to get better at a game doesn’t mean I want to be or am bad at anything much less everything.

What I am trying to say is that you should get better at things that matter to you. I am sure you could get better than most people at making sand castles put of feces real fast, but is that something you should do.

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