Jack comments on Proposal: Anti-Akrasia Alliance - Less Wrong

18 Post author: DanArmak 01 January 2011 09:52PM

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Comment author: Jack 03 January 2011 10:34:58AM 0 points [-]

In addition to the other replies: do we have any reason to be anonymous? Is there an akrasia equivalent of the drunk airline pilot?

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 03 January 2011 02:23:24PM 0 points [-]

In addition to the other replies: do we have any reason to be anonymous? Is there an akrasia equivalent of the drunk airline pilot?

Well, the OP said akrasia was the biggest problem in his life. Some people might be reluctant to talk about their big problems in public without the shroud of anonymity. AA involves people getting up in front of a crowd and telling stories about how alcohol ruined their lives. An analogous akrasia-focussed group might involve, say, a person telling stories about how he spent hours playing WoW instead of writing his master's thesis. Not quite as bad, but still bad.