Comment by thepokeduck on Building Weirdtopia · 2010-12-16T08:28:25.732Z · LW · GW

I really like your idea for comprehensive sexual education. Something I have said for a long time is that everyone should have their heart broken once, as part of being human, because once you know what that feels like, you understand the stakes of romance. I feel that this post takes that sentiment and expands and develops it much more fully.

Comment by thepokeduck on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 · 2010-08-29T08:18:03.442Z · LW · GW

What fosters a sense of camaraderie or hatred for a machine? Or: How users learned to stop worrying and love Clippy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959704575453411132636080.html

Comment by thepokeduck on How to always have interesting conversations · 2010-06-15T14:20:23.781Z · LW · GW

That is good advice.

A friend of mine video taped his conversations with people. (By which I mean, there was a video recording of some event, and he left it on following, to capture his social interactions.) In this way, he was able to see not just things he said, but also gauge people's reactions to his body language. He said it was difficult to watch at first, but had a huge benefit to his social skills.