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Every wonder of the world was built without todo apps. Every enduring work of literature, every renaissance painting, every leap forward in sanitation and medic
by cal85 3y ago
Every wonder of the world was built without todo apps. Every enduring work of literature, every renaissance painting, every leap forward in sanitation and medicine, every architectural triumph, every breakthrough in our understanding of the cosmos, every great expedition, every moon landing. All these achievements involved organisation and planning – including breaking things down into lists of tasks – but I bet very few of them involved people fretting about how to redesign their lists to be more 'motivating'.
The modern notion that we can derive enduring motivation from the design of a list-making methodology, if only we could find the winning formula, is insane. Motivation comes from beholding the intended achievement itself. If you don't want to carry out a task, either the task is not in service of a worthwhile goal, or it is but you are failing to notice that.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> All these achievements involved organisation and planning – including breaking things down into lists of tasks – but I bet very few of them involved people fretting about how to redesign their lists to be more 'motivating'. Are you sure that is the case? The origins of the term Akrasia date to biblical times; it's clear many people struggled with motivation for certain type of work back then. > The modern notion that we can derive enduring motivation from the design of a list-making methodology, if only we could find the winning formula, is insane. Motivation comes from beholding the intended achievement itself. Unfortunately, specialization of labor works directly against that. Few people assemble the final pieces to behold the achievement; everyone else is toiling at things that go into things to support people making things that go into other things, etc. > If you don't want to carry out a task, either the task is not in service of a worthwhile goal, or it is but you are failing to notice that. Indeed, but "failing to notice that" isn't something trivial, and for great many people, the failure to notice (or rather, the failure to feel, because noticing at the intellectual level is by itself not motivation) has a biological cause.
- Capricorn2481 3y ago> Every wonder of the world was built without todo But were they done without todo lists?
- cal85 3y agoRead on a few sentences.
- rodrigobahiense 3y agoThat same argument can be used to say we don't need any technological advancements. It isn't because some individuals are better fit for something that others wouldn't benefit from help.