Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
A typical commitment to a top-down goal or principle lasts about a month. A typical commitment to a bottom-up habit like daily exercise or drinking more water also lasts about a month. A typical commitment to a TV show lasts years, with almost no maintenance effort. If you want to manage moods, TV is the answer.
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
You’re also far more likely to finish watching and even rewatching a TV show than you finish a project or sustain a habit long enough that it becomes second nature. That’s the power of narrative. Stories are dev environments for moods.
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LJW_Wavydude
@ljw-wavydude
interesting on the power of narrative how do you think about laziness in this framework?
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