Morendil comments on Help please! Making a good choice between two jobs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 12 July 2013 10:18:03AM 3 points [-]

A nice train commute is an asset enough for me to prefer it over no commute (however it is expensive).

You prefer X minutes of your time that you are forced to spend in the company of strangers, aboard a moving vehicle, over spending the same X minutes in the comfort of your own home doing the same activity?

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 12 July 2013 05:18:21PM 2 points [-]

Yes.

  • The train is probably nicer than you imagine.

  • I have 3 active little boys in the house. I love them, but they are hard to concentrate around.

  • Being aboard a moving vehicle might have a positive mental effect. I hear Tolstoy used to work on trains. I believe there were some well known physicists who did likewise, but can not recall the names.