atucker comments on Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief - LessWrong

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Comment author: atucker 24 January 2012 11:11:35AM 0 points [-]

When I was in San Francisco, I recall the phrase "goals not roles" popping up a lot.

I find that it's a fairly easy way to remember that it's even a question whether I'm trying to accomplish something, or just do some things that make it look like I'm trying to accomplish it.