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Comment author: Elo 01 March 2016 09:17:02AM 4 points [-]

I had a discussion with a German LW'er who described how "productivity" and things generally targeted towards productivity are frowned upon because the in-group condition in the culture is that "you already got that shit covered". So telling someone to be more productive was like saying, "you are not productive enough right now". And doing so was discouraged. Makes it hard to say why LW is good if you have to avoid the word productivity (and similar words)

Comment author: username2 01 March 2016 12:04:57PM *  1 point [-]

Some people get insulted when you say their cognitive biases is something they should pay attention to and not just psychology trivia.