I think it’s still a powerful tool for the many of us with some mix of OCD / Autism / whatever is in the water these days
I realized very slowly and with much pain that I am someone who massively overthinks everything I do
I am someone who very much should “just do things” like 3x more than I would naturally feel drawn to do
Doing so has brought me much success and almost everything good in life
Certainly it can be taken too far, but my impression was that the phrase was to a great extent directed at a certain person / TPOT / rationalist type who are insane overthinkers
I think it’s still a powerful tool for the many of us with some mix of OCD / Autism / whatever is in the water these days
I realized very slowly and with much pain that I am someone who massively overthinks everything I do
I am someone who very much should “just do things” like 3x more than I would naturally feel drawn to do
Doing so has brought me much success and almost everything good in life
Certainly it can be taken too far, but my impression was that the phrase was to a great extent directed at a certain person / TPOT / rationalist type who are insane overthinkers