Solving akrasia is necessary: without it, we cannot efficiently attack other problems, and have a high chance of losing the fight against disease, war, and UFAI.
Solving akrasia may also be sufficient: if a group of LW readers—smart, rational, luminous, and relatively rich people—was also unusually dedicated to a purpose, it would have a good chance of attacking Really Big Problems ranging from personal satisfaction to Friendly AI.
Downvoted for affective rhetoric getting the better of your argument. Less akrasia is better, but not a sufficient or necessary hack for getting difficult projects done.
Downvoted for affective rhetoric getting the better of your argument. Less akrasia is better, but not a sufficient or necessary hack for getting difficult projects done.
Fair point. Edited and thanks.