> Procrastination is the broad fuzzy description of a phenomena where a person says he wants to do X, but does not do X.
By “person says” I mean “person signals” (internally or externally)
> Or that parts of him want to do X, but other parts don’t want to do the elements that make X maximally likely.
Sure, and that multi-agent behavior will have negotiations and save outward behavior. It can be reluctant signaling—but the fact that there are signals mean an activation threshold has been reached
This applies to all those descriptions—In-fact the last of them “X is what they want to be seen as wanting, but they don’t actually want it. ” is exactly the point I am making.
> Defining “want” as “what you pursue wholeheartedly and consistently” is also fine, but useless.
I think it can be very useful, specially if you also want to believe and act like “I do whatever I want”
> The solution (of integrating this self-knowledge and identifying/creating more consistent wants) is only ever achieved by a small subset of humans, and often takes decades of practice.
There’s a spectra of skill, so even some practice can give you noob gains. “The solution” is similar to “winning” in rationality—and there’s nothing else to do in life—so it is as good a goal as any.
> Procrastination is the broad fuzzy description of a phenomena where a person says he wants to do X, but does not do X.
By “person says” I mean “person signals” (internally or externally)
> Or that parts of him want to do X, but other parts don’t want to do the elements that make X maximally likely.
Sure, and that multi-agent behavior will have negotiations and save outward behavior. It can be reluctant signaling—but the fact that there are signals mean an activation threshold has been reached
This applies to all those descriptions—In-fact the last of them “X is what they want to be seen as wanting, but they don’t actually want it. ” is exactly the point I am making.
> Defining “want” as “what you pursue wholeheartedly and consistently” is also fine, but useless.
I think it can be very useful, specially if you also want to believe and act like “I do whatever I want”
> The solution (of integrating this self-knowledge and identifying/creating more consistent wants) is only ever achieved by a small subset of humans, and often takes decades of practice.
There’s a spectra of skill, so even some practice can give you noob gains. “The solution” is similar to “winning” in rationality—and there’s nothing else to do in life—so it is as good a goal as any.