johnlawrenceaspden comments on Rationality Quotes October 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 10 October 2012 08:49:51PM 1 point [-]

One of my friends found that after...

Actually that sounds neat. I'll try to cultivate that attitude. I think the problem is that music (with words) disrupts my (continuous) inner train of thought. To the point where if there's music in a supermarket I'm much less capable of buying things. I'm pretty sure this problem is much worse for me that for most people (otherwise piped music would be illegal).

But if I'm going to get disrupted anyway, it would be nice not to be annoyed as well. And if I could find a way not to be annoyed that might reduce the disruption.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 October 2012 01:33:31AM 1 point [-]

There's also earplugs, though I agree it's plausible that getting aggravated adds to the distraction.