srdiamond comments on My Algorithm for Beating Procrastination - LessWrong

81 Post author: lukeprog 10 February 2012 02:48AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2012 10:53:12PM 1 point [-]

Second, the attacking part of the algorithm seems to provoke far/abstract thinking mode, which makes me more prone to procrastination.

The most exciting recent work on procrastination concerns the effect you mention. (http://meteuphoric.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/perfect%C2%A0procrastination/)