roland comments on Rationality quotes: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roland 03 March 2010 06:04:07AM 5 points [-]

Develop the habit of asking yourself, "Will I definitely use this information for something immediate and important?"

-- Timothy Ferriss - The 4 Hour Workweek

Comment author: wedrifid 03 March 2010 06:23:04AM 2 points [-]

Does pure recreational enjoyment count?

Comment author: roland 04 March 2010 12:32:52AM *  1 point [-]

After I answered your comment I still had to think about it and I had to add the following. Often it's hard to separate serious reading from enjoyment: for example you could be reading reddit or hackernews either knowing that you are just doing it for entertainment or rationalizing it by thinking you are doing serious reading not realizing that the real reason is the dopamine rush you get. How much time are you willing to spend on random internet reading and other time wasters? You have to judge it yourself. But if you are investing a large amount of your time into that maybe it's good to start reevaluating your information diet.

Comment author: wedrifid 04 March 2010 12:52:38AM 1 point [-]

I agree with you (and Tim). I could benefit from reducing my information diet and giving my brain it's dopamine in a different manner.

Comment author: roland 03 March 2010 06:40:09PM 0 points [-]

Timothy Ferriss himself reads one hour of fiction every day prior to sleeping so I guess he was only referring to information you consume for non recreational purposes.

Comment author: CronoDAS 04 March 2010 02:50:21PM *  2 points [-]

For me, the answer is invariably "no". I never do anything important. Therefore this procedure doesn't help me very much.