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Rob Wiblin on how he ended up the way he is

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Negative Effects of Antidepressants on Motivation

Maybe the antidepressants are why you're not worried about growing your podcast or affectal tourism so much. It seems like a surprising number of them suffer from severe depression. On balance, I think that's helpful though. And it's made me more productive because I wasn't really reflecting on how things are bad. Once you know and have fully grappled with just how awful some things in the world are, basically it's time to be an enthusiastic and happy person who is motivated to act. That's kind of my take anyway.

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