To what extent are people burning themselves out, vs using what they’re doing as an excuse not to perform effortful and sometimes unpleasant mental and physical hygiene? My understanding is this is a crowd prone to depression anyway, and failing to engage in self-care is a pretty common. IE—if these people were working on something else, would we expect them to burn long-term resources anyway?
A bunch of people have told me they got worse at having serious/effortful intellectual hobbies, and at “hanging out”, after getting worried about AI. I did, for many long years. Doesn’t mean it’s not an “excuse”; I agree it would be good to try to get detailed pictures of the causal structure if we can.
To what extent are people burning themselves out, vs using what they’re doing as an excuse not to perform effortful and sometimes unpleasant mental and physical hygiene? My understanding is this is a crowd prone to depression anyway, and failing to engage in self-care is a pretty common. IE—if these people were working on something else, would we expect them to burn long-term resources anyway?
A bunch of people have told me they got worse at having serious/effortful intellectual hobbies, and at “hanging out”, after getting worried about AI. I did, for many long years. Doesn’t mean it’s not an “excuse”; I agree it would be good to try to get detailed pictures of the causal structure if we can.