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Rob Wiblin on self-improvement and research ethics

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Importance of Learning a Specific Skills

I think people, there's not as much romance about just like buying a product that helps to solve your problem as there is about trying to become a better person. But I think that it's just so much easier to buy something and then just have it there so that you can use it than try to shift who you are. That's the thing that you should probably reach for first. It's even better than other things you might try to do like build a system or learn a new skill because it doesn't really require sustained attention.

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