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a counter-point: http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower
by bbarn 9y ago
a counter-point: http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower
- mchanson 9y agoA much better article.
- gruturo 9y agoThird excellent nautil.us article in the span of 7 days for me - I'm starting to really like their style and subjects. Whitelisted on my ad blocker, and gave them my five bucks (well, 4.54 eurobucks). Other 2 articles I had found interesting (both found on YC): http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/how-the-oil-pipeline-began http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/how-the-oil-pipeline-beg... http://cosmos.nautil.us/short/161/how-much-should-expectation-drive-science http://cosmos.nautil.us/short/161/how-much-should-expectatio...
- bbarn 9y agoI actually subscribed to the print version last year. They're very high quality magazines, if a bit infrequent (every two months).
- Treegarden 9y agothanks, that was a really interesting article. Unfortunately it focused mainly on what "willpower" is dubious and not so much on what it is instead that helps one resist a craving. Only at the end the author wrote that the drinking lawyer had to much stress (underlying problem). But that isnt really a good general answer/explanation. I once read the book "the power of habit" and maybe that is the answer (its habits we need to control) but I am not sure.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y agoIn order to resist a craving you must have a craving, and that's why I don't like to think of it as will power. Edit: Maybe it's easier to talk about power to do things.
- sjg007 9y agoI think the cravings deplete themselves over time as you don't indulge them.