As an aside, the research on ego depletion that he quotes in uncritical terms has been completely discredited. The phenomenon does not exist. Of course, to know that you need to read science blogs, not books. But there are books about ego depletion, several, filled with lies. When the container is more important than the content, I suppose truthfulness is a secondary concern.
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#122As an aside, the research on ego depletion that he quotes in uncritical terms has been completely discredited. The phenomenon does not exist. Of course, to know that you need to read science blogs, not books. But there are books about ego depletion, several, filled with lies. When the container is more important than the content, I suppose truthfulness is a secondary concern.
And by the way, I couldn't care less about this post, it's just that I can't stand seeing ego depletion theory repeated forever and the fine minds of HN readers contaminated by it.
Re: Ways to Read More Books
#123As an aside, the research on ego depletion that he quotes in uncritical terms has been completely discredited. The phenomenon does not exist. Of course, to know that you need to read science blogs, not books. But there are books about ego depletion, several, filled with lies. When the container is more important than the content, I suppose truthfulness is a secondary concern.
Interesting. HBR has a recent article on the topic, so they don't think its dead:
https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-foc...