wedrifid comments on Get Curious - Less Wrong

51 Post author: lukeprog 24 February 2012 05:10AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 23 February 2012 02:47:18PM *  2 points [-]

It depends on the kind of fear. The fear of going off my beeminder roads is good enough to motivate me to stay on them. YMMV.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 February 2012 03:00:30PM 1 point [-]

It depends on the kind of fear. The fear of going off my beeminder is good enough to motivate me to stay on them. YMMV.

It quite possibly would (vary). I have developed something of a "@#%@# you!" attitude to threats that are ongoing and try to reserve fear as an exception-oriented motivation device.