Laziness Does Not Exist
by Devon Price · first published 2021
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…https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31878094 ^& https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule ^+ I don't think anybody is truly lazy, there's a solid blog post (and book by the author) to read: https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e...
on “A systems model of anxiety-driven procrastination” ↗…is shining and reflecting off the river, it is a breathtaking view. So much more pleasant than the game of frogger I used to play in Chicago. edit: actually, i want to add one more book to my list: "Laziness does not Exist" You are allowed to take breaks when you are tired. Boredom at work is exhausting. You are not a robot, and if you don't have energy it needs to come from somewhere else. Kinda sounds like your job…
on “Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours?” ↗…https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541132.Punished_by_Rewar... [5] Discussion on 'The Role of Jargon in Left Politics?': https://www.reddit.com/r/CriticalTheory/comments/l49hci/the_... [6] Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist - But unseen barriers do: https://archive.is/s4Dn0 / https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e... [7] Wikipedia, Curse of knowledge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge…
on “Trusting science leaves people vulnerable to believing pseudoscience” ↗Exactly! This is the author's book, Laziness Does Not Exist - https://smile.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982140100 . The author has a gimmick they are milking.
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗The author directly stated seeing repeated procrastination in many situations, yet stated that laziness does not exist. The premise of this article is literally founded on intellectual laziness. When a person takes a course twice without ever managing to turn in homework, the situation of the student is not completely…
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗> The author’s point is that labeling someone as “lazy” is intellectually lazy. The author's directly stated point in the headline, their book, and the article is that laziness "does NOT" exist.
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗…their definitions. TFA is not needed to know they differ. Procrastination is postponing something, while laziness is being unwilling to act. But, none of that matters. The blanket assertion is that Laziness Does Not Exist, which is obviously false. There are people who are unwilling to act in certain situations.
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗…or a unique "angle" on social psychology that is being promulgated. You mean they have an opinion based on their research? That's shocking. > As it turns out, they released a book this year called, "Laziness Does Not Exist", three years after this article was written. And that's relevant how? > When a person takes a course twice without ever managing to turn in homework, the situation of the student is not completely…
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗Past related threads: Laziness Does Not Exist - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27398182 - June 2021 (1 comment) Laziness Does Not Exist - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23761968 - July 2020 (1 comment) Laziness Does Not Exist but unseen…
on “Laziness does not exist (2018)” ↗