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x Humans are not automatically strategic — LessWrong Thinking Better on Purpose Introspection General intelligence Goodhart's Law Motivational Intro Posts Rationality Frontpage 671 Humans are not automatically strategic by AnnaSalamon 8th Sep 2010 4 min read 279 671 Reply to: A "Failure to Evaluate Return-on-Time" Fallacy Lionhearted writes: [A] large majority of otherwise smart people spend time doing semi-productive things, when there are massively productive opportunities untapped. A somewhat silly example: Let's say someone aspires to be a comedian, the best comedian ever, and to make a li

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