Hyena comments on Is Kiryas Joel an Unhappy Place? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Hyena 24 April 2011 01:26:59AM 6 points [-]

Comprehensive self-awareness that we're familiar with as humans.

In fact, turning this off is one of the first things we do, we just tend to call it "the zone" or whatever else. We're actually much more productive without it. Nick Bostrom actually posited a world wherein this dynamic prevails in his outsourcing scenario.

Comment author: Vladimir_M 24 April 2011 03:32:16AM *  4 points [-]

In fact, turning [comprehensive self-awareness ] off is one of the first things we do, we just tend to call it "the zone" or whatever else. We're actually much more productive without it.

I think flow is the technical term.