Why We Shouldn't Be Taxing Conscious Energy

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We have to be allocating not for maximizing time spent, but for carefully treating conscious energy as the precious, finite resource that we have. We're in this weird position where face books kind of been sending us into dark ages and people don't even believe in science. And there are such a thing as wiser choices and less wise choice when it comes to values. I think what makes it more complicated is that the sidekic can also change your goals. The whole problem is that humans are far more complicated than most of us tend to assume, at least about ourselves.

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