Zvi comments on Break your habits: be more empirical - Less Wrong

95 Post author: Academian 02 October 2010 09:04PM

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Comment author: Zvi 07 October 2010 10:18:45PM 5 points [-]

I not only agree, I would add another reason to do this: Variety is often undervalued for its own sake, and often things that you enjoy have decreasing marginal returns over time. This results in a correct initial decision to end a search that over time becomes incorrect.