Pre-Point 1: Commitments are good! Being able to semi-arbitrarily commit to things is a huge superpower
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Question: whose defense of arbitrary commitment stands up against procrastination in Seth Roberts’ model? media.sethroberts.net/articles/2011-
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I’d say “asking for a friend” but it’s pretty obvious that’s not the case sorry
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Camus’ Sisyphus?
That rock-rolling was either the best commitment ever or the best kind of suicide procrastination. I can’t make up my mind which. He did put Death in chains to bring that punishment down on himself 🤔
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Camus has very strange ideas about how to avoid suicide and ignorance that aren’t informed by evolution
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for instance he thinks we should live every moment in awareness of the inevitability of death which seems scientifically implausible
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