Naman Mehndiratta

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It's not that unprestigious types of work are good per se. But when you find yourself drawn to some kind of work despite its current lack of prestige, it's a sign both that there's something real to be discovered there, and that you have the right kind of motives. Impure motives are a big danger for the ambitious. If anything is going to lead you astray, it will be the desire to impress people. So while working on things that aren't prestigious doesn't guarantee you're on the right track, it at least guarantees you're not on the most common type of wrong one.
What I Worked On
People commonly use the word "procrastination" to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what's happening as merely not-doing-work. We don't call it procrastination when someone gets drunk instead of working.
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
An hour wasted today is not simply one hour wasted, but potentially hundreds of hours wasted, because if you decide to spend it well then you will find it easier to spend it will next week, and if you decide to waste it then you will be more likely to waste it next week. You’re not wasting time, you’re outright dulling your “behavioral” skills.
What are you favorite equations and models to view life? : slatestarcodex
Vice is a monster of such frightful mien As to be hated, needs but to be seen. But seen too oft, familiar with its face We first endure, then pity, then embrace
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