I think that I would rather people wait a bit before suggesting new akrasia-killing techniques. If you do, you will be able to tell whether this was something that just worked for you in the short term or is actually a long term solution, which is probably going to be very important information.
I mainly made the comment because I get a huge number of false starts with things like that—I confuse a short term solution (something worth noting, but not an actual cure) with a long term one and then am glad that I didn’t post about it.
Let’s say that I won’t post a technique until a week has passed. If it’s day 6 and I haven’t posted it, it may mean the technique failed or simply be a symptom that the week didn’t pass yet. If someone didn’t operate by this restriction, I think that them not posting the technique would just be evidence that it failed—why hold it back?
Apologies, the joke was that someone who was particularly filled with akrasia would procrastinate and never actually post the akrasia-killing technique.
I generally agree, but this post was mainly about what happened, with a bit of attempted general solution on the side.
The banhammer thing has been working for me for a while now, so it’s not totally fresh.
The other idea (realizing what the stupid project did to my productivity) worked immediately and helped me get something done. Even if it only works once, it’s worth it to post, I think.
Again, the techniques aren’t really the point, that was just to give a bit more perspective on how the akrasia felt and how it felt when soved. The real point was a case study of the productivity blocking phenomenon (which I have seen before).
I think that I would rather people wait a bit before suggesting new akrasia-killing techniques. If you do, you will be able to tell whether this was something that just worked for you in the short term or is actually a long term solution, which is probably going to be very important information.
Joke: But wouldn’t someone not waiting to reveal an akrasia-killing technique be evidence for the technique’s effectiveness?
I didn’t get the joke. :(
I mainly made the comment because I get a huge number of false starts with things like that—I confuse a short term solution (something worth noting, but not an actual cure) with a long term one and then am glad that I didn’t post about it.
Let’s say that I won’t post a technique until a week has passed. If it’s day 6 and I haven’t posted it, it may mean the technique failed or simply be a symptom that the week didn’t pass yet. If someone didn’t operate by this restriction, I think that them not posting the technique would just be evidence that it failed—why hold it back?
Or maybe it’ll be clearer in the morning… :)
Apologies, the joke was that someone who was particularly filled with akrasia would procrastinate and never actually post the akrasia-killing technique.
I generally agree, but this post was mainly about what happened, with a bit of attempted general solution on the side.
The banhammer thing has been working for me for a while now, so it’s not totally fresh.
The other idea (realizing what the stupid project did to my productivity) worked immediately and helped me get something done. Even if it only works once, it’s worth it to post, I think.
Again, the techniques aren’t really the point, that was just to give a bit more perspective on how the akrasia felt and how it felt when soved. The real point was a case study of the productivity blocking phenomenon (which I have seen before).