My personal experience is that physical and intellectual labor come out of almost entirely different pools. I’m curious if anyone experiences differently.
I do think it’s possible that willpower to push yourself in either comes from a shared pool, but since I also think willpower is borrowing future productivity, optimum productivity over long periods of time uses very little.
Update: found a relevant book, have ordered from library.
Update to the update: the book is focused on manual labor, which faces different limits than thought work.
I am actually curious on whether there is any evidence on the degree to which the two differ.
My personal experience is that physical and intellectual labor come out of almost entirely different pools. I’m curious if anyone experiences differently.
I do think it’s possible that willpower to push yourself in either comes from a shared pool, but since I also think willpower is borrowing future productivity, optimum productivity over long periods of time uses very little.
Cool! I’d love to hear what you find!