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I hear that. But followup question! What do you think of commitment devices (like Beeminder!) for imposing discipline on oneself?

It's actually really encouraging to hear that Scott has many of the same vices as me.

> how much time I waste obsessively reading the news

This is oddly comforting. As Tim Ferris said in Tools of Titans, every successful person is dysfunctional in some way. I guess the trick is to work around your own personal deficiensies, and that's something everyone must figure out on their own.