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id: 2026-01-30T13:42:00-0500
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title: 2026-01-30 13:42:??
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- topic/personal-productivity
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dg-publish: true
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daily: "[[2026-01-30]]"
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# 2026-01-30 13:42:??
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Often when I consider learning a new skill or improving an existing one,
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I conceive of a system that would _force_ me to improve,
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rather than forget about it (as I am won to do).
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See [[2026-01-19#Ulysses Pacts]].
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Conventional "home assistant" tech and doctrine
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caters to a class of people I find bizarre,
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those that would spend enormous sums of cash and effort
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just for the marginal benefit
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of not having to touch light switches as often as normal people.
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Instead they get to take out their phone,
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find and open the light switch app,
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and touch a virtual light switch
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because the routines they programmed were too conservative.
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Human or software,
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an assistant without agency
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_and the will to contradict you_
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is worthless.
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If the effort to _communicate_ your instructions
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exceeds the effort to perform them,
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you will always do the task yourself.
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