zirpu comments on Willpower Depletion vs Willpower Distraction - LessWrong

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Comment author: zirpu 03 August 2014 12:17:01AM 1 point [-]

I thought it was called 'ego' depletion because getting the ego out of the way is most of the problem. I.e. the ego is wasting too much time on the 'story of self' narrative.