Unextracted Resources

because I lacked a place to put generic stuff

resource extraction template (needs a method)
extracted resources

Will need to go through each idea and extract the interesting bits. Need some kind of a method for doing so.

partial

study less study smart

idea expected utility (including comments!)

Very high

http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/mse/notes_on_actually_trying/
http://lesswrong.com/r/lesswrong/lw/i8n/how_to_measure_anything/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/iri/how_to_become_a_1000_year_old_vampire/
http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/03/19/things-do-your-body-while-you-wait-immortality/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5x8/teachable_rationality_skills/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jtg/dont_teach_people_how_to_reach_the_top_of_a_hill/
http://mindingourway.com
http://mindingourway.com/see-the-dark-world/
http://alexvermeer.com/life-hacking/
http://alexvermeer.com/getmotivated/
http://alexvermeer.com/stop-procrastinating-right-now/
http://alexvermeer.com/limit-procrastination/
http://alexvermeer.com/beware-of-other-optimising/
http://alexvermeer.com/wp-content/uploads/howtogetmotivated-1920x1080.png
http://alexvermeer.com/projects/
http://www.gwern.net/Spaced%20repetition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pzjuUX0vjY - Apollo Robbins, The Gentleman Thief. This focused on the control of attention. Lots of talk of biases and failures of cognition
http://fastandfrugal.com/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/i1b/instrumental_rationalityself_help_resources/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2p5/humans_are_not_automatically_strategic/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5me/scholarship_how_to_do_it_efficiently/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/blr/attention_control_is_critical_for/
http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/58m/build_small_skills_in_the_right_order/
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/comments/3m3i38/your_goal_has_to_be_crystal_clear_and_heres_why/
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/comments/3lvlxe/to_those_spending_7_hours_at_a_desk_fixing/
https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-self-improvement-book
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-self-improvement-books
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement/What-can-I-do-for-10-minutes-every-day-that-will-change-my-life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiP22kTxq_g
http://www.hcco.org/node/335
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/how-to-rebuild-an-attention-span/279326/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/co/fix_it_and_tell_us_what_you_did/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/927/forprofit_rationality_training/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2po/selfimprovement_or_shiny_distraction_why_less/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/l/teaching_the_unteachable/
http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/whats-wrong-technological-fixes
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement/How-do-I-get-clever-again
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement/What-things-or-skills-should-every-21-year-old-know
http://lesswrong.com/lw/i0e/akrasia_tactics_review_2_the_akrasia_strikes_back/ - this post suggests to me that perhaps instead of all of these intensive data collection might just be a waste of time, and we should just apply a 1-10 rating to each technique and method. I really like the idea of +-10 in the comments there. We want to keep our systems simple. Getting stuck with a hypothesis that metrics-will-solve-everything is a failure mode- they may be useful to a certain extent, but overall I’d imagine actually trying to correlate the data would be a pain. So metrics are probably best for things that have direct measurements and general emotions, but probably not good for anything else. I find it difficult to see how they’d be applied to many skills. So instead we’ll probably just use the -+10 review system and a poll & comments for each method. Noting perhaps relative skill levels? Beginner stuff versus advanced makes a difference to be sure.

High

http://mindingourway.com/choose-without-suffering/
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/25/beware-mass-produced-medical-recommendations/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/79x/polyhacking/
http://www.centreforthemind.com/images/savantskills.pdf
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5kz/the_5second_level/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/gn/the_martial_art_of_rationality/
http://mindingourway.com/stop-before-you-drop/
http://mindingourway.com/not-yet-gods/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/34m/things_ive_learned_from_less_wrong/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/34a/goals_for_which_less_wrong_does_and_doesnt_help/
http://www.gwern.net/
http://www.deathisbadblog.com/fake-it-till-you-make-it/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/m81/leaving_lesswrong_for_a_more_rational_life/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/m31/link_the_surprising_downsides_of_being_clever/
http://pw201.livejournal.com/109921.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyHrVgY00hyLRbwvrHjjZA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaticity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlearning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29
http://lesswrong.com/lw/mps/why_dont_rationalists_win/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jls/learn_and_maybe_get_a_credential_in_data_science/
http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html
http://lesswrong.com/lw/awm/how_to_avoid_dying_in_a_car_crash/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/25d/too_busy_to_think_about_life/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/24o/eight_short_studies_on_excuses/
http://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400077427
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy
http://lesswrong.com/lw/58g/levels_of_action/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8060347
https://www.quora.com/What-are-good-ways-to-gamify-my-self-improvement-efforts
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality_Diary
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html
http://images.lesswrong.com/t3_5x8_0.png?v=768eb3d2d6c3e55d569bf94b7865090d
http://lesswrong.com/lw/kov/roles_are_martial_arts_for_agency/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/mp3/proper_posture_for_mental_arts/
http://www.deathisbadblog.com/everyone-is-faking-it-or-organizational-inadequacy/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/m/unteachable_excellence/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/47j/make_your_training_useful/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/ (dig for comments here)
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc7/nov_1618_rationality_for_entrepreneurs/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702484
http://rationality.org/schedule/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc3/checklist_of_rationality_habits/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii9/reflective_control/

Mid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmC8miikKxY
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jwy/one_medical_expansion_of_miri/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/mps/why_dont_rationalists_win/crjj?context=1#crjj
http://bigthink.com/errors-we-live-by/kahnemans-mind-clarifying-biases
http://lesswrong.com/lw/9g1/the_problem_with_too_many_rational_memes/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8060347 (already took links)
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done
Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life
http://blog.codinghorror.com/separating-programming-sheep-from-non-programming-goats/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEMA_Alliance (mostly for the ideas here- techniques/masters and stuff. Can we find other similar martial arts wikis that actually have content?)
http://michaelhyatt.com/7-apps-to-help-you-achieve-your-goals-and-build-new-habits.html
http://lesswrong.com/lw/y4/three_worlds_collide_08/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2n5/selffulfilling_correlations/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamesandtheory/comments/3gc460/dealing_with_difficult_people_more_powerful_than/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtxS6r-nfy4
http://lesswrong.com/lw/l6z/the_truth_and_instrumental_rationality/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/7i/rationality_is_systematized_winning/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/l5e/power_and_difficulty/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/irw/october_monthly_bragging_thread/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/eyt/how_to_have_things_correctly/
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/con/the_rational_rationalists_guide_to_rationally/
http://99u.com/articles/17123/5-scientific-ways-to-build-habits-that-stick
http://habitica.wikia.com/wiki/Habitica_Wiki
http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/The-Buddhas-Path-To-Happiness.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/comments/3lxpsy/10_ways_to_challenge_your_brain/
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfimprovement/comments/3m0e8h/best_self_help_books_youve_ever_read/
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement-What-steps-can-I-take-to-become-a-high-performance-person
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY0xS-HjC8-NHl0f9Jobabm5cNOBe02Ru
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc/you_are_a_brain/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/gl/eric_drexler_on_learning_about_everything/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc7/nov_1618_rationality_for_entrepreneurs/7sll
http://lesswrong.com/lw/g6g/applied_rationality_workshops_jan_2528_and_march/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-biggest-self-improvement-milestones
http://mnmlist.com/archive/
https://www.coach.me/
http://changingminds.org/techniques/self-development/self-development.htm

Low

http://robbwolf.com/2011/12/09/polyphasic-sleep-part-deux/
http://www.quantified-mind.com/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/c08/a_kick_in_the_rationals_what_hurts_you_in_your/
http://agentyduck.blogspot.com/2014/10/mental-postures.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyHrVgY00hyLRbwvrHjjZA/videos
http://lesswrong.com/lw/lnd/stupid_questions_february_2015/bxiu
http://lesswrong.com/lw/7am/rational_home_buying/
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_cult/lesswrong/lesswrong/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-ebooks-for-self-improvement
https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-self-improvement-apps-Are-they-needed
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement/What-is-your-biggest-motivating-force-for-self-improvement
https://www.quora.com/How-is-self-improvement-a-doable-action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwP74XpaFU
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/08/13/productivity/
http://syque.com/quality_tools/toolbook/toolbook.htm

very low

http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=12147 (lotsa links)
http://seanwes.com/podcast/062-what-if-i-try-really-hard-and-im-just-not-good-enough/
https://www.skillshare.com/classes/business/Get-Stuff-Done-Like-A-Boss-Design-Your-Workflow-and-Double-Your-Productivity-in-21-Days/1524940083/projects/36790
http://zenhabits.net/archives/
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/07/what-if-you-have-many-different-interests-and-cannot-commit-to-any-of-them/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-useful-technologies-skills-for-a-new-graduate-who-will-start-to-work-at-Facebook
https://www.quora.com/At-age-30-should-I-think-twice-about-taking-a-year-off-work-to-pursue-my-interests-learn-new-skills-by-founding-a-startup-How-might-it-affect-my-prospects-of-being-hired-down-the-road

Epistemolgic

Very High

http://lesswrong.com/lw/76x/is_rationality_teachable/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2as/diseased_thinking_dissolving_questions_about/
http://predictionbook.com/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/km6/why_the_tails_come_apart/
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/my-favorite-lia.html

High

http://lesswrong.com/lw/mps/why_dont_rationalists_win/crk2?context=1#crk2
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1yq/understanding_your_understanding/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/7ep/practical_debiasing/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6527215
http://mindingourway.com/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/hba/privileging_the_question/ “What do I plan on doing with an answer to this question?”
http://lesswrong.com/lw/m0m/16_types_of_useful_predictions/ - The intersection of ‘questions whose answers I care about’ and ‘easily answerable questions’ is what we should be making predictions about.
http://andrewgelman.com/2015/09/17/26612/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/7e5/the_cognitive_science_of_rationality/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/e79/ai_timeline_prediction_data/
https://hypothes.is
http://lesswrong.com/lw/dhe/to_learn_critical_thinking_study_critical_thinking/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/9p/rationality_its_not_that_great/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/16u/argument_maps_improve_critical_thinking/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2x5/how_are_critical_thinking_skills_acquired_five/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120708000509/http://images.austhink.com/pdf/Claudia-Alvarez-thesis.pdf

Mid

http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logical-fallacies
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5l7/shifting_load_to_explicit_reasoning/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/6p6/the_limits_of_introspection/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/6wt/teaching_introspection/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140506072925/http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/steven/?p=124
http://lesswrong.com/lw/9u/secret_identities_vs_groupthink/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2l/closet_survey_1/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ar2/biased_pandemic/
http://www.amazon.com/Right-Thing-Rationality-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/026251382X

Low

http://lesswrong.com/lw/5sk/inferring_our_desires/
http://people.virginia.edu/~tdw/nisbett&wilson.pdf
http://lesswrong.com/lw/lnd/stupid_questions_february_2015/
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bias

Unknown

Group Rationality (or: how do we operate as a community more effectively)
http://lesswrong.com/lw/msm/the_temptation_to_bubble/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1y3/think_before_you_speak_and_signal_it/1seq
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jis/tell_culture/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/5ug/ace_attorney_pioneer_rationalismdidactic_game/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/39/tarski_statements_as_rationalist_exercise/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2yp/making_your_explicit_reasoning_trustworthy/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5l7/shifting_load_to_explicit_reasoning/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/85x/value_of_information_four_examples/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/8j4/5second_level_case_study_value_of_information/
https://www.youtube.com/user/01032010814/videos

Productivity
http://focusmanifesto.com/
http://orgmode.org/
http://www.lynda.com/articles/6-habits-boost-productivity

Procrastination
http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

Effective Altruism
http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism
http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gj/efficient_charity_do_unto_others/

Poker
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/4yk/verifying_rationality_via_rationalpokercom/

Life extension
http://lesswrong.com/lw/lqd/an_alarming_fact_about_the_antiaging_community/
http://www.nature.com/news/ageing-research-blood-to-blood-1.16762

Transhumanism
https://www.youtube.com/user/KoanPhilosopher/videos

weird/metacognition
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jeh/meditation_a_selfexperiment/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ajq/the_kinesthesia_switch/

Programming
https://github.com/GoodAI/BrainSimulator
https://www.quora.com/Should-I-rather-study-CLRS-or-cracking-the-coding-interview-in-my-free-time-in-university
http://liveprogramming.github.io/liveblog/2013/04/live-programming-contest-winners/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNJ7HqlV55k
https://projecteuler.net/
https://www.youtube.com/user/dataschool/videos

language & speaking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconic_phrase
https://www.quora.com/Communication-Skill/Im-a-shy-girl-I-want-to-improve-my-communication-skills-and-I-want-to-be-more-confident-How-can-I-do-it

Health
http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/wellness-and-health/eat-less-exercise-more-is-wrong-refuel-minute-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhzV-J1h0do
http://www.instructables.com/id/Fix-Your-Sleep-with-Low-Blue-Light/
hypothesis: Would one's total sleep hours go down if blue light is reduced?
https://sanerthanlasagna.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/thoughts-on-caplans-selfish-reasons-to-have-more-kids/

martial arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCXrAqtKD4#t=51s

weapons
http://www.classicalfencing.com/articles/bloody.php

tDCS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzXwKU-gkTc

Learning

very high

http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gu/the_best_textbooks_on_every_subject/
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Spaced_repetition
http://givegetwin.com/blogs/news/7933461-the-guide-to-learning-any-skill-in-eight-weeks-plus-an-awesome-deal-from-tim-kenny

high

http://worrydream.com/refs/Papert%20-%20Teaching%20Children%20to%20be%20Mathematicians%20Versus%20Teaching%20About%20Mathematics.pdf
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/09/deconstructing-motor-skills/
http://theutopianlife.com/2014/01/22/accelerated-learning/

mid

http://lesswrong.com/lw/4t1/being_a_teacher/
https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Welcome!/en#Unofficial_and_supplemental_resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AysWsbrtzMU
https://fizzle.co/sparkline/deconstructing-expertise-desperately-need-get

unknown

http://wallowinmaya.com/2014/03/06/how-to-teach-rationality-or-anything/
http://measureofdoubt.com/2013/03/18/what-would-a-rational-gryffindor-read/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM9qp4EiSHE
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/how-to-read-a-book/
Game Theory
http://lesswrong.com/lw/aq9/decision_theories_a_less_wrong_primer/

Social Engineering
https://www.cybrary.it/course/social-engineering/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialEngineering

Quantified Self
http://lesswrong.com/lw/l3h/happiness_logging_one_year_in/
http://quantifiedself.com/2013/06/sara-cambridge-on-crowdsourced-dietary-ratings/
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5661318/the-wizard-alex-pentland-father-of-the-wearable-computer

http://quantifiedself.com/2012/05/jeremy-howard-on-language-acquisition-performance/
http://www.slideshare.net/nickwinter/cognition-learning-and-selftracking-quantified-self-2011

Dark Arts
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dark_arts

Mathematics
http://lesswrong.com/lw/t6/the_cartoon_guide_to_l%C3%B6bs_theorem/
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/
https://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/93q/completeness_incompleteness_and_what_it_all_means/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ixn/very_basic_model_theory/
https://www.coursera.org/course/intrologic

Statistics
http://www.gwern.net/Statistical notes

Security
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_team
https://www.defcon.org/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/03/stakeout-how-the-fbi-tracked-and-busted-a-chicago-anon/
https://brooksreview.net/2014/01/i-see-you/
http://www.gwern.net/Death%20Note%20Anonymity

General/Random
http://lesswrong.com/lw/9ki/shit_rationalists_say/ (A very good metric of how much LW culture you've absorbed)
http://www.instructables.com/
http://waitbutwhy.com/archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEmxD6Kfok
https://www.quora.com/Self-Improvement/What-new-skill-should-I-start-working-on
http://hplusmagazine.com/2015/09/11/video-friday-diysect-diy-biology-and-bioart/
http://quantifiedself.com/2012/06/mike-winter-bike-safety/
https://www.skillshare.com/
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-century-of-the-self/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamesandtheory/comments/2qwlim/political_engineering_condorcets_paradox/ - basically summerizes to: if you are in gridlock with multiple options, and you use a specific vote elimination method you can make the vote go in your favor.
http://changingminds.org/

Nootropics
https://www.reddit.com/r/nootropics/wiki/beginners
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/comments/3lvkmc/nicotine_as_nootropic_the_cheap_and_safe_way/cv9sm8d
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/

tools
http://i.imgur.com/fSiiigQ.png
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Comment_formatting#Multiple_Choice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFTTT
https://www.fiverr.com/ - random tasks for 5 dollars! Could be potentially very valuable
https://www.toggl.com/app/timer

communities
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/External_resources
http://slatestarcodex.com/blog_images/ramap.html
http://tinyurl.com/nbn8j6f
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Less_Wrong_Slack

rational fiction
https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/
The Martian (More science and clever thinking, but very much the same vein!)
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6781426/1/Shikamaru_versus_the_Rational_Fallacies
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25188109-perfect-state

Important People
Douglas Hofstadter

Financial
http://money.stackexchange.com/questions/54132/im-23-and-was-given-50k-what-should-i-do

books
http://www.gwern.net/Book%20reviews

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