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Does 'Laziness' Start in the Brain? | Hacker News

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When I am at work and I see a customer or a colleague who needs some help I instantly conjure some motivation and can write some code... But when I'm alone at home I cannot accomplish anything on a computer, only can do the chores. How do people even do anything on their own? I only became good at linux because I at some point in life became obsessed with it, I can't study anything on my own, couldn't get a driver's license, couldn't finish a university Went travelling for a bit and was working on my own projects and learning - it worked best when treating it a bit like an job, having a schedule to go and work in a coffeeshop pretty much. The neural or mental cause hypothesis for the latter has been pretty much proven by the success of drugs like Ozempic; it's really not a great stretch to see other deadly sins as similarly significantly brain-derived in addition to (and possibly sometimes dominating) environmental and cultural influences. The important thing though - if you believe th

I've spent this weekend mostly in bed, and on a PC watching memes When I am at work and I see a customer or a colleague who needs some help I instantly conjure some motivation and can write some code... But when I'm alone at home I cannot accomplish anything on a computer, only can do the chores. How do people even do anything on their own? I only became good at linux because I at some point in life became obsessed with it, I can't study anything on my own, couldn't get a driver's license, couldn't finish a university You might want to look into ADHD and executive dysfunction in general.…

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