your inhabited environment is an extension of your self; you store body parts in it, & embody them on-demand, to re-spec. are we not different machines when cooking, cleaning house, researching online, coding, etc? there is little differentiating not cleaning & not working out
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RT @provisionalidea
Yo so you know how a bunch of scientists and theorists have been saying for years that tools are an extension of the human body?

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https://twitter.com/provisionalidea/status/1392854515347513351

I get rather frustrated watching people do everyday tasks quite often, seeing all the little frictions in every movement, the paper cuts sapping their willpower & energy. so many ways to improve, if they'd only slow down & consider, but they've no time to write a shorter letter

I'm pretty neurotic about this sort of thing; it takes some effort for me to decide to do something, so I try to ensure that there is as little as possible standing in my way when motivation strikes. I relentlessly introspect my processes & micro-optimize the smallest aspect.

sometimes I wonder if this is just a rather convoluted form of procrastination, but then I spend 10 minutes watching someone do a task which would have taken me 2, and am reassured it's not. small optimizations add up over time, compounding their time savings as your power grows

if you were a professional athlete, you'd hone your body, your tool, w/ much gusto; why do so many white-collar professionals neglect their mind?

if one were resource-constrained, this would be understandable, & indeed, free time is a resource; but I don't think this explains it

w/o real constraints, one often also lacks any real motivation; after all, why try hard if your life is simple, if you don't want for anything? you can just coast along, enjoying yourself

and indeed, this is a fine way to live; but it does seem to be missing something deeper