Yvain comments on Rationality Quotes - April 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yvain 18 April 2009 01:26:56PM 26 points [-]

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world, and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

-- E. B. White

Comment author: sark 20 December 2010 03:40:52PM 1 point [-]

Ah, the investment-or-consumption conundrum.

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