John_Maxwell_IV comments on Akrasia hack survey - Less Wrong

10 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 01:09AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 07:01:56AM *  3 points [-]

Hm, I'm not too surprised that so many have only intended to try lukeprog's algorithm--the only time I ever tried it, I thought to myself "wow, this is convenient, I'm procrastinating and I remembered to try lukeprog's algorithm". If you use Anki regularly, you can try making "situation/response" type cards to deal with this problem--e.g. the front of the card says "You're procrastinating" and the back says "Try lukeprog's algorithm".