he mentions Facebook nanny, Beeminder, commitment devices and so on.
I’ll bite. Those things, for me, instinctually suck. Why? Because they can’t use a fucking schedule, or make a checklist (I believe there’s a pot on checklists here) and write (hell, use a computer and type) some of their goals or look for them. I do wonder what people were tested or what he bases his info on. Have you ever read an article, or watched a video, or even just flipping a page, and thought to yourself “Wow, that was REALLY stupid”? That’s how this looks for me.
On the other hand—humans are not perfect, having a “do this” list is quite handy in case you forget. On reflection, though, your summary does not mention people forgetting, but rather, not having enough “willpower”, which means they know what they must do, but for whatever reason they chose not to do it. With a lion’s fury, I’ll say that they need to get off their lazy ass and start doing the stuff that needs to be done.
I’m also quite confused as there seems to be some clutter around. I’ll keep it simple:
Would it not be possible to have a good amount of willpower, have a reasonable amount of self-control, and have a thoughtful amount of planning?
Could we instead of answerring the question above we should just roll over to decision theory and be done with it?
One last thing: is a lack of willpower/self-control or a combination of the two be what is commonly referred to as akrasia here?
(All of this is to your summary. I have not listened to the lectures because I prefer a transcript.)
I’ll bite. Those things, for me, instinctually suck. Why? Because they can’t use a fucking schedule, or make a checklist (I believe there’s a pot on checklists here) and write (hell, use a computer and type) some of their goals or look for them. I do wonder what people were tested or what he bases his info on. Have you ever read an article, or watched a video, or even just flipping a page, and thought to yourself “Wow, that was REALLY stupid”? That’s how this looks for me.
On the other hand—humans are not perfect, having a “do this” list is quite handy in case you forget. On reflection, though, your summary does not mention people forgetting, but rather, not having enough “willpower”, which means they know what they must do, but for whatever reason they chose not to do it. With a lion’s fury, I’ll say that they need to get off their lazy ass and start doing the stuff that needs to be done.
I’m also quite confused as there seems to be some clutter around. I’ll keep it simple:
Would it not be possible to have a good amount of willpower, have a reasonable amount of self-control, and have a thoughtful amount of planning?
Could we instead of answerring the question above we should just roll over to decision theory and be done with it?
One last thing: is a lack of willpower/self-control or a combination of the two be what is commonly referred to as akrasia here?
(All of this is to your summary. I have not listened to the lectures because I prefer a transcript.)