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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, Jun. 1 - Jun. 7, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 09 June 2015 08:37:42AM 0 points [-]

If you are constantly busy trying to do something you are maxed out. You have no free capacity. Most of the time if we try to do 10 things at the same time we get nothing done.

I think a lot of akrasia in myself and on LW comes from being overstretched.