chat what's the science behind procrastination?everyone who procrastinates understands that it's completely irrational. so then why is procrastination such a universal struggle?do other intelligent species procrastinate as well?
>>16451259See Kaczynski’s section on surrogate activities. There’s no such thing as procrastination when it comes to basic needs. This also necessitates that animals don’t procrastinate as they are only concerned with survival.
>>16451259fear of failure. people with emotional support and a strong commitment to their community don't do this.
>>16451259Work and school are usually responsibilities not desiresYou might want to deal with schoolwork. you might not. You need to. Will your life be over if you blow something off or call out sick? Probably not. If it becomes a consistent pattern then there are serious consequences.
>>16451259I was going to write a four post essay replying to this point, but my buddy just asked if I want to hop on gmod for a few hours.I'll get around to it later.
>>16451259Anxiety managment, surprisingly enough.
>>16451388Please explain
>>16451505Briefly, an anxious, stressed person will make a decision to delay work on a project that they feel will be difficult or unenjoyable in order to take on another task that they consider to be easier or more enjoyable. This temporarily lessens their stress and anxiety.It's not a successful long term strategy and can spiral into depression.
>>16451259people usually procrastinate because they dont know how to do something.
>>16451279Can you elaborate on this?>>16451388>>16451554Terror management theory is retarded>>16452856Simply not true
>>16453136There’s not much to elaborate. If you procrastinate on essential needs, then you just fucking die. Even something like sex leads to your species dying. But if you procrastinate on non-essential activities, you’re just fine. The only thing you don’t satisfy is your intrinsic psychological need for progress on a goal that was evolutionarily wired into you due to the essential needs above. Since our technological system has essentially eliminated the urgency for essential needs, nearly 100% of your time is spent doing surrogate activities. But deep down we realize that it’s all a trick, just bread and games, which leads to feelings of procrastination, boredom and emptiness. Ironically, the less of a hiveminded bug you are, the more you feel like being unproductive in the current system. This is why Ted makes such a big deal about leftists and their tendencies in his manifesto. He pities them for essentially getting so buckbroken by the system (oversocialized as he calls it) that they pay no attention to getting tricked and just do as told.
>>16451505i will not do this
>>16453316There's no escaping it though.When you procrastinate on doing boring technology stuff then you get invaded and enslaved by the next door people with their fancy industrial revolution powered by depressed, overworked ant workers.
