There is a similar post to the original article here that was posted to LW a few days ago, Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrum

There is a similar post to the original article here that was posted to LW a few days ago, Self-Improvement or Shiny Distraction: Why Less Wrong is anti-Instrumental Rationality , http://lesswrong.com/lw/2po/selfimprovement_or_shiny_distraction_why_less/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/2po/selfimprovement_or_shiny_distrac... . I have been strongly cutting back my browsing in general, including both LW and HN.