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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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      It’s easy to say “increase tempo!” But man is it hard to actually do without superlinear increase in energy input. It’s easy to double your pace if you quadruple the energy. The trick is to do it for just 2x or less.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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      Basic physics is more than a metaphor here. Kinetic energy is 0.5mv^2. I suspect that’s a baseline for everything. For non-physics-limited things, you can beat quadratic growth in energy needs with velocity, but you need to either exploit other humans, or the built environment.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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      Wonder what the literal speed limit of neurons firing is set by. Probably it’s fixed by refractory period of neurons rather than glucose or something.

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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      I’ve been trying to increase my tempo of work, and I’m discovering it is: 10% refactoring schedules, 20% refactoring content (unbundling/febundling), 30% better habits (sleep, diet, exercise), 40% working on stamina (working at say 10% higher intensity for 10% longer every week)

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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      This is too much discipline for me so I’m currently looking for cheats.

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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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          I’ve gotten this far with zero discipline and I don’t intend to start

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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 24 Sep 2019
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          I’ve tried adderall, doesn’t work for me. Increases output at the expense of quality and creativity. In general psychoactives don’t help. They all mess with the trade offs. No substance I know of *just* increases tempo.

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        2. Vivek Ponnaiyan‏ @viveksworld 24 Sep 2019
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          You can use anxiety as a driving force to create the required energy. With humans anxiety has a nice strong feedback loop. Downside is that you’ll drive everyone else crazy but you’ll easily attain peak productivity.

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        3. Alan Martin‏ @epithetos 24 Sep 2019
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          Yep. Anxiety makes you very productive but with no slack. Then you burn out.

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        1. Alan Martin‏ @epithetos 24 Sep 2019
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          Getting much better at telling the difference between requirements and imaginary requirements.

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          Stop creative/thinking projects mid-process (while it's messy and on the go rather than at cleanish junctures). Switch to an embodied task (I pair writing/design with domestic admin). Return to project - concepts have progressed in the background, and dishes are done.

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        2. Josh Whitkin‏ @joshwhitkin 25 Sep 2019
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          I like this cheat: Lower standard of living, so lower monthly costs, so lower need to earn a lot, so lower job requirements

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        3. Josh Whitkin‏ @joshwhitkin 25 Sep 2019
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          Clever people can skip step one.

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