SarahC comments on Rational Reading: Thoughts On Prioritizing Books - Less Wrong

27 Post author: patrissimo 27 March 2011 07:54PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 March 2011 11:26:57AM 2 points [-]

I think you're reacting against the impression that planning one's reading isn't fun. I imagine this is because most of us plan our duties but don't plan our pleasures. I think that you could increase fun by optimizing, though. For example, I've found that book reviews don't work for me, as far as choosing pleasure reading, so I no longer take recommendations from book reviews. That's a very small example of deliberate "optimizing for fun," and it does result in more fun.