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"Willpower" is just another facet of attention. I claim it's easier to do deep work when not in a cluttered, crowded, overly-warm workspace with unasked for mu
by blueboo 6y ago
"Willpower" is just another facet of attention. I claim it's easier to do deep work when not in a cluttered, crowded, overly-warm workspace with unasked for music, a dynamic precluded by the purely-incentive based model you're falling back on.
You actually /can't/ just weigh the tradeoffs of being disctracted and reach a decision of not being distracted.
No -- it's meaningfully and sustainably easier to make good decisions when bad options are removed from the table (sometimes literally.)
- dreeves 6y agoAgreed. I wouldn't say any of these astute points argue against commitment devices (as it sounds like you're implying but I could be misreading you). A commitment device provides an incentive, including the incentive to eliminate distractions by going somewhere quiet or whatever else you need to do to follow through on what you've committed to.