Kaj_Sotala comments on Dark Arts of Rationality - Less Wrong

136 Post author: So8res 19 January 2014 02:47AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 20 January 2014 05:25:22PM *  3 points [-]

Just read a paper suggesting that "depleting" willpower is a mechanism that gradually prioritizes "want to do" goals over "should/have to do" goals. I'm guessing that "terminal goal hacking" could be seen as a way to shift goals from the "should/have to do" category to the "want to do" category, thus providing a massive boost in one's ability to actually do them.