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Want some honesty about how I (mis)spend my time? These days, my daily routine includes reading all of the following: Many of these materials contain lists of links to other articles, or tweet threads, some of which then take me hours to read in themselves. This is not counting podcasts or movies or TV shows. While I read unusually quickly, I’d estimate that my reading burden is now at eight hours per day, seven days per week. I haven’t finished reading by the time my kids are back from school or day camp. Now let’s add in my actual job (or two jobs, although the OpenAI one is ending this month, and I start teaching again in two weeks). Add in answering emails (including from fans and advice-seekers), giving lectures, meeting grad students and undergrads, doing Zoom calls, filling out forms, consulting, going on podcasts, reviewing papers, taking care of my kids, eating, shopping, personal hygiene. As often as not, when the day is done, it’s not just that I’ve achieved nothing of lasti

Shtetl-Optimized >> Blog Archive >> My Reading Burden Shtetl-Optimized The Blog of Scott Aaronson If you take nothing else from this blog: quantum computers won't solve hard problems instantly by just trying all solutions in parallel. Also, please read Zvi Mowshowitz's masterpiece on how to fix K-12 education! --> << My pontificatiest AI podcast ever! &#8220;The Right Side of History&#8221; >> My Reading Burden Want some honesty about how I (mis)spend my time? These days, my daily routine includes reading all of the following: The comments on this blog (many of which I then answer) The Washing

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