How to Be a Better Critic

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I'm just interesting thing that happens where I'm critique. And it's like that pride in being the sort of person that absorbs a critique and becomes stronger is so helpful when it comes to actually being able to be wrong. Yeah. One of the best things about the community is that you are rewarded. So some of the you learn about rationality how important this that made that you wrong, but you actually only start doing it if you surround yourself to people that will give you Facebook likes for it.

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What's the best way to teach rationality? How do you communicate rationalist principles to people who aren't already interested in thinking more clearly? What has COVID taught us about how people typically make decisions and think about problems? Where and how can the rationalist community improve? Does rationalism have anything to say about (for example) exercise, spirituality, art, or other parts of the human experience that aren't typically addressed by rationalists? What are some positive aspects of social media (especially Twitter)? What's going on with recent dating trends? Has dating gotten harder in recent years? How many people does it take to make a pencil? Is there a case to be made for anti-antinatalism?

Jacob is the only rationalist with an MBA. He writes Putanumonit.com and is famous for bringing the idea of decision matrices to the pages of the Economist and the New York Times. Jacob is Russian-Israeli and is currently living in Brooklyn with his wife and two guinea pigs. Follow him on Twitter at @yashkaf.

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