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Rob Wiblin on self-improvement and research ethics

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Subcust Fallacy

I'm very pro giving up and very pro quitting. I think if something is not fun and like isn't stimulating, you're like, you don't feel like doing it. That's a great reason to stop doing it. It seems like there's these kind of dual traps, one on the other side. One is where people they just keep flipping projects,. You know, they'll start something and then get something shiny or it will come along. So when you first start a project, it's exciting and it's new and you're learning a lot. And then eventually you start realizing all the challenges with it and you're doing the same thing every day and it's boring.

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