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I agree that anti-akrasia tactics should be a major part of most rationality power tool sets. Being in high school, the vast majority of things that I do don't really hinge on the likelihood of specific things (politics, technologies, etc.) happening in the near future.
Akrasia, on the other hand, often gets in the way of things that I'm trying to do, and seems like a major roadblock in turning any thought into useful action.
I've wondered whether akrasia of the time-killing variety as the central problem is a characteristic of the folks at LW, and if other groups would have more people who need to work using thought to moderate high-energy impulsiveness.