Spurlock comments on To what degree do we have goals? - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Yvain 15 July 2011 11:11PM

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Comment author: Nominull 17 July 2011 03:12:57AM 10 points [-]

How's this for an anecdote: I hate how I tend to procrastinate, but when I read about anti-procrastination techniques here and elsewhere, I shy away from trying them, out of fear they might actually work.

Comment author: Spurlock 18 July 2011 03:55:37PM 2 points [-]

Can you give us at least your best guess as to why you find that frightening?

Comment author: Nominull 18 July 2011 08:21:43PM 4 points [-]

I want at some level to dick around on the internet rather than do work, and so I avoid shaping reality such that I do work rather than dick around on the internet