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adamzerner comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: adamzerner 26 May 2015 04:39:49AM *  3 points [-]

My first thought is that the lack of strategic approach isn't surprising - there are tons of instances in which people are extremely unstrategic, and this doesn't seem to be too particularly unstrategic.

My second thought is that this is an area in which it's particularly easy to procrastinate. Because initiation is hard and scary (to most people).