NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 March 2010 12:46:40AM 3 points [-]

If motivation is no longer a problem for you, that could be something really interesting for the akrasia discussions. What changed so that motivation is no longer a problem?

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 March 2010 02:30:47PM 1 point [-]

Thank you very much for writing this up. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if akrasia has a neurological basis, and I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen any posts really looking at it from that angle. Dopamine?

And on the other hand, your story is also about ideas and circumstances that undercut motivation.