One thing that stuck with me after having it read somewhere, probably on lesswrong, a few years ago is the framing: “does future-you have a comparative advantage to do the thing? Otherwise you may just as well do it now”. Which maybe doesn’t quite capture your cooking counter-example, but it seems like a useful way to address procrastination nonetheless.
One thing that stuck with me after having it read somewhere, probably on lesswrong, a few years ago is the framing: “does future-you have a comparative advantage to do the thing? Otherwise you may just as well do it now”. Which maybe doesn’t quite capture your cooking counter-example, but it seems like a useful way to address procrastination nonetheless.