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Nominull comments on Decision Fatigue, Rationality, and Akrasia. - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: Alexandros 19 September 2011 03:37PM

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Comment author: feanor1600 19 September 2011 07:59:07PM 7 points [-]

Academics may be relevant as a similar "thinking community". I've heard many academics say they are severe procrastinators. Possible reasons for this are: 1) Procrastinators are attracted to the job, its independence and long-term deadlines 2) The nature of the work makes people procrastinate; research is hard, plus no boss and long-term deadlines mean immediate punishment for procrastination is rare 3) The job makes people feel they have akrasia even when they don't, perhaps because colleagues and competitors seem smarter and harder-working than in other fields

If nothing else, reading LW makes me feel 3)

Comment author: Nominull 20 September 2011 12:25:03AM 5 points [-]

2 seems like most of the explanation. You can't procrastinate on an assembly line.