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TheOtherDave comments on Open Thread, June 2-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 02 June 2013 04:13:34PM 2 points [-]

Well, I certainly find that the two are correlated... when my mood is low, I don't get much done compared to when my mood is elevated.
Whether that's because getting things done influences my mood (and something else influences my productivity), or whether my mood influences my productivity (and something else influences my mood), or whether neither is true (and something else influences both), or various combinations, is harder to tease out.
My impression is that all three are true at different times.

Comment author: sediment 02 June 2013 04:17:28PM 0 points [-]

Right. It figures that causation would go the other way, at least - that the presence of akrasia would cause bad mood. Indeed, akrasia is pretty much defined as that which makes you unhappy, right?