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Exploring one's mind is fruitful both in the near and long-term
Curious scouting, to more clearly see what our mental needs are,
improves our prioritization
of what in our minds & projects would be more fruitful to grow.
However, guessing what our mental needs are is trickier than we often realize.
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balancing of mental needs
Grow Self-Awareness
with
Self-Compassion
Healthily reduce and manage uncertainty through
learning by modeling
with concepts from cognitive science.
Develop more
reliable agency
to do activities of higher expected value, even if they're more difficult, risky and/or effortful in the short-term.
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internal alignment
Update your cognitive lenses as you grow.
In many tiny healthy steps spread out over time as your life unfolds, effectively grow what you think you need now and update your aspirations as you grow.
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sustainable processes
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Reliably
apply
reliable
instruments
.
Instruments for Improving
are accessible dynamic software tools that aspire to empower your capability to
grow your mind & projects
, through more
delightful
,
healthy
and
effective
routines.
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instruments
Method Maps
like
lead sheets
for your mental
band,
close at hand
to more
reliably apply
more effective community-recommended
methods in-context of your chosen instruments,
at more &
clearer windows of opportunity
.
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method maps
Aspiring Bug
, an
Improvement Opportunity!
Bug by bug, learn to grow a reliable routine to
practice and perform
with your instruments
during
work and life projects, to
grow what you truly need.
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aspiring bugs
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Celebrate
many tiny healthy steps,
with an
ally
.
Form Compassionate Norms
Support
and
inspire
each other to
cope
with and
thrive
in this truly
fruitful yet curiously complex world.
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cooperation
Lean in to
Valuable Information
Grow more secure and request to explore the kind of feedback you need with allies.
Inform your understanding to
effectively
update
your systems and routines.
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feedback loops
Novices
Experts
We all need accessible environments where we
belong
and
grow strong
. Many more people can
win
,
together.
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accessibility
Flexible tools accessible
to reliably self-monitor, orient and improve your process
We're still taking early steps in designing interfaces empowering people to reliably apply rationality
For the stars on the line, we're in a race against time, not a race between tribes. This cause of creating infrastructure to support reliable rationality routines is better improved as a collective effort of multiple organizations.
CFAR
,
Clearer Thinking
,
LessWrong
,
Lightcone Infrastructure
,
Instrumentally and more organizations can complement each other and together explore to cover more ground of the design space in this young field of applied rationality.
We do not propose the current Instrumentally prototype as a full solution to the complex problem of reliable rationality routines.
In case you're curious, here are some possible directions Instrumentally could take moving forward:
Explore Instrumentally
Try the Prototype
Visit the Discord Community
FAQ
About the name Instrumentally
What Instrumentally is not
Trailer
(Top of page)
Go deeper
Possibilities
Principles
Research Article
Digital Garden
R&D process design
About us
Music
Inspired by
Julia Galef
CFAR
Cognitive Science
Bret Victor
LessWrong
Spencer Greenberg
Muse team
Andy Matuschak
Pontus Granström
Scott Barry Kaufman
and more
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