As much as I think lukeprog—EY comparisons are informative, I wonder if the difference is just different amounts of energy. I hear that lukeprog is working 60 hour weeks and that EY had trouble being productive for more than 4 hours a day, and looking for citations I noticed this down the page.
That can’t explain everything- there’s another comment that comes to mind that I’m having difficulty finding, in which one of lukeprog’s hacks dramatically increased EY’s writing output- but it seems like it’s part of a complete explanation.
Various diet and exercise changes seem to improve energy, but like mood and intelligence I suspect the range one can inhabit varies based on biological factors that are mostly beyond individual control.
Indeed. Conscientiousness is a pretty durable personality trait (as are all of the Big Five, and to make things worse, they tend to be 20-50% hereditable too!). This is why I’ve spent so much time looking into stimulants: ‘use the Try Harder, Luke!’ doesn’t work very well. (Unless your last name is Muelhauser, I suppose.)
As much as I think lukeprog—EY comparisons are informative, I wonder if the difference is just different amounts of energy. I hear that lukeprog is working 60 hour weeks and that EY had trouble being productive for more than 4 hours a day, and looking for citations I noticed this down the page.
That can’t explain everything- there’s another comment that comes to mind that I’m having difficulty finding, in which one of lukeprog’s hacks dramatically increased EY’s writing output- but it seems like it’s part of a complete explanation.
So how does one get more energy?
Various diet and exercise changes seem to improve energy, but like mood and intelligence I suspect the range one can inhabit varies based on biological factors that are mostly beyond individual control.
Indeed. Conscientiousness is a pretty durable personality trait (as are all of the Big Five, and to make things worse, they tend to be 20-50% hereditable too!). This is why I’ve spent so much time looking into stimulants: ‘use the Try Harder, Luke!’ doesn’t work very well. (Unless your last name is Muelhauser, I suppose.)