Hello,
I was wondering if there exists any objective, high-quality guides to doing various human-stuff like showering, properly eating, integration in society, basically anything that can be thought as interacting with the real world.
Maybe there’s a wiki for such stuff? A weird request, for sure, but I am wondering if there’s an overall better way to do common stuff.
I’ve found the worst case scenario handbook to be very useful, but more material is always better.
Thank you for your replies! I learned a lot of useful stuff here. Also, the context is simply that I want to know if there are more efficient ways of doing things. Initially I was looking for a highly curated collection of things, but I realized it’s simply not possible to give a complete primer on life. That’s what other people are for. Thanks again for all the help.
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The youtube channel “Dad how do I…?”
Came to mention this channel exactly.
Only two cookbooks you need, both available on Anna’s Archives. Tonnes of other free cookbooks on archive.org too.
The first helps you pair any food in your kitchen and the second shows you how to prepare and cook it.
This helps break things down: https://goblin.tools/
Here is a good guide:
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Figure out one specific thing you need to learn how to do.
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Look up a guide for that one thing.
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There’s wikiHow, but I’m pretty sure most of the people who make those could use a guide to life themselves.
Found this trying to find a book I heard about: https://web.archive.org/web/20240713181424/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/smarter-living/adults-guide-to-social-skills.html
Re: Self regulation: https://cursosdepsicologia.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/THEDIA1.pdf
Self Compassion (Important Skill): https://web.archive.org/web/20240624215000/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html
I know I have more. Let me have a think. :)
Check out the Evolving Self by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. It’s a guide for figuring out your brain and sense of self.
I mean you have wikihow but it’s not really high-quality all the way through. There doesn’t exist one guide. All of these topics are highly debatable, have different opinions with far different perspectives. Some things you just have to figure out yourself with the help given to you. Means: get as much info as possible, compare, talk to others, reflect on your own experience and expectations.
There is no “one better way” to do these common tasks. And many companies spend an insane amount of money to spread (mis)information on how best to eat, exercise, get to work, clean, dress, wash… So I don’t believe there’s “objectively” one way to do anything. Find your way.
There’s a community called Cool Guides.
Sounds Like something GPT is really good at.
No, GPT will make things up. It is absolutely not a good source for factual information or advice.
So? People make shit up all the time. Unlike people, you can ask GPT multiple times and even ask for specific Google terms to check the info.
