James Surowiecki Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps By gcallah - November 02, 2010 on procrastination and akrasia in The New Yorker. Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Wabulon4:18 PMMy father said, Anything sufficiently procrastinatored becomes unnecessary. See? And thanks for a text to point to.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyivanfoofoo1:57 PMAnd also we have the [in]famous quotation: "Masturbation is just like procrastination, it's fun at first, but in the end you're just screwing yourself."ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyThomas L. Knapp1:58 PMI'll have to read that.Later.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplygcallah2:00 PMPretty funny, Tom.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyTokyoTom8:37 PMMore evidence of how flawed we are. Dan Ariely, referred to in the article, has an interesting book exploring various human quirks.With respect to the view of warring internal viewpoints, work on "anosognosia" is also illuminating/fscinating.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyTokyoTom3:20 AMSee, e.g., Gary Farber: Why Argue On Blogs? The Dunning-Kruger Effect http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2010/09/why-argue-on-blogs-the-dunning-kruger-effect.htmlReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
My father said, Anything sufficiently procrastinatored becomes unnecessary. See? And thanks for a text to point to.
ReplyDeleteAnd also we have the [in]famous quotation: "Masturbation is just like procrastination, it's fun at first, but in the end you're just screwing yourself."
ReplyDeleteI'll have to read that.
ReplyDeleteLater.
Pretty funny, Tom.
ReplyDeleteMore evidence of how flawed we are. Dan Ariely, referred to in the article, has an interesting book exploring various human quirks.
ReplyDeleteWith respect to the view of warring internal viewpoints, work on "anosognosia" is also illuminating/fscinating.
See, e.g., Gary Farber: Why Argue On Blogs? The Dunning-Kruger Effect
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