How to Be Motivated by Points

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The opposite of straw manning is steel manning. You say the other point of view in the strongest possible way, right? So and then I also do it to other people I'm talking to. It can help like download that as a habit and then you can keep doing it in the future. Maybe there's this idea of like motivation languages, like, you know, you getting points makes you really motivated,. There might be other ways of motivating different people that are going to help them feel excited about learning something new.

What's the best way to help someone who's going through a difficult situation? What are the four states of distress? What are "comfort languages"? How can we introduce more nuance into our everyday thinking habits? When gathering information and forming opinions, how do you know who to trust? What's the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Kat Woods is the co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, a startup incubator for effective altruist charities. It provides training, seed funding, and the other things necessary to kickstart an effective nonprofit. Previously, Kat co-founded Charity Science Outreach, a meta-organization that raised nine counterfactual dollars for high impact charities for every dollar spent. Subsequently she co-founded Charity Science Health, a direct poverty charity that received multiple grants from GiveWell and has served hundreds of thousands of families in India. You can find more about Kat at her website or on Twitter at @kat__woods.

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