CronoDAS comments on Motivation and Merciless Commitment Contracts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 09 August 2013 03:43:55AM 2 points [-]

When I think about these "precommitment contracts" I anticipate that I'd just fail anyway even if I signed up.

Comment author: Vaniver 09 August 2013 03:48:24AM 0 points [-]

Generally, people make decisions on the margin, and so there should be some contract where making that contract will change you from not doing something to doing something. It does seem to have very different usefulness for different people, though.