lululu comments on Brainstorming new senses - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lululu 21 May 2015 07:40:03PM 5 points [-]

How about: as a commitment mechanism, a small but nagging amount of discomfort related to your procrastination on a measurable task. I'm picturing this working something like the need to pee, with the difference that it resets at night: the discomfort could build throughout the day and instantly be resolved when you completed the task and reduced as you work toward the task.

For instance, if you committed to exercising a certain amount, accelerameters could estimate physical activity. for every step you took, your discomfort would decrease and for ever hour you sat on the couch, your discomfort would grow.

Possible commitments this would work with: exercise anki decks habbitrpg points spend a certain amount of time talking per day (for the recluse/introvert trying to train social skills)

Comment author: The_Duck 23 May 2015 06:03:51AM 3 points [-]

I already have this and it's horrible.

Comment author: lululu 25 May 2015 06:15:06AM 0 points [-]

Somewhere in between your level of discomfort from not doing things and my level (which is 0)...

I think it would be kind of nice to have it embodied in an actual physical sensation like needing to pee, instead of a nagging and building sense of guilt and self-directed frustration? You could externalize those feelings and maybe it would let you train those skills without developing the same emotional ugh fields.

Comment author: DanArmak 23 May 2015 07:32:05PM *  1 point [-]

How about a reward mechanism instead of a punishment one? Make productive work enjoyable. (But don't make it merely addictive!)

Comment author: Lumifer 21 May 2015 07:58:36PM 0 points [-]

Pain collars on autopilot, no thanks X-0