I’m pretty sure I’m counting each separately and disqualifying people for having either one or both. I don’t see how that’s counting twice. Usually the extra time lost during marriage goes to work because lots of people have both a spouse and a job. But even without a job, a spouse typically diminishes free time spent on solitary leisure activities by a factor of 2 which I keep mentioning. I’m glad your personal situation is better than this.
I agree that people currently on LW are somehow re-prioritizing their time in novel ways which allow them to read the site. I’m just pointing out that there are likely 10-20x as many people out there for every current LW reader who don’t have the skills to effectively do this and this barrier keeps them from possibly reading the sequences or using LW.
Maybe trying to teach people better time management skills and prioritization would be helpful? This would allow them to have the free time to possibly read LW or do whatever it was they found exciting or helpful in life.
I’m pretty sure I’m counting each separately and disqualifying people for having either one or both. I don’t see how that’s counting twice. Usually the extra time lost during marriage goes to work because lots of people have both a spouse and a job. But even without a job, a spouse typically diminishes free time spent on solitary leisure activities by a factor of 2 which I keep mentioning. I’m glad your personal situation is better than this.
I agree that people currently on LW are somehow re-prioritizing their time in novel ways which allow them to read the site. I’m just pointing out that there are likely 10-20x as many people out there for every current LW reader who don’t have the skills to effectively do this and this barrier keeps them from possibly reading the sequences or using LW.
Maybe trying to teach people better time management skills and prioritization would be helpful? This would allow them to have the free time to possibly read LW or do whatever it was they found exciting or helpful in life.