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January 06, 2006
Procrastination is Bad. Period.
Paul Graham seems to be an intelligent person and I generally enjoy and benefit from his thinking. Nonetheless his latest treaty should be entitled "Effective Time Management", not "Good and Bad Procrasination". Why? Because procrastination inherently implies carelessness, laziness, and needless delay. The piece has merit for its discussion of prioritization, but the concept of positive procrastination is a classic oxymoron.
Why do I care? Well... ultimately I don't. However sometimes it feels like otherwise smart people try a little too hard to be novel and new so that they actually blur reality. There is no such thing as "Type C procrastination" ... that is simply being a good prioritizer. No sane person would call rushing your dying grandmother to the hospital instead of studying for an exam "procrastination"; likewise, the loaf who is chomping on potato chips while playing X-box instead of studying is guilty as charged. There is no need to refactor to English language in this case.
Thank for the article on Time Management Paul! Let me know if you'd like me to review your next essay before it is published! :-)
Posted by harris at January 6, 2006 06:50 PM
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