On: Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

[sachinag]

I'm surprised that personal responsibility is losing right now (37 to 29).

[fallentimes → sachinag]

I like experiments.

[sdurkin → fallentimes]

Haha, I think there's so many yes votes because any group like this can't resist tinkering.

Its like my grandmother told me as a kid when I took apart her iron, "Don't fix what ain't broke."

[fallentimes → sdurkin]

"But Grandma, how am I supposed to learn about it then?"

[aaronsw → sachinag]

How is voting for a binding commitment a vote against personal responsibility? As Jon Elster shows, if we take hyperbolic utility discounting seriously binding commitments like these are a key part of personal responsibility.

[Alex3917 → sachinag]

Being that it's Friday night, isn't every vote a vote against personal responsibility?

[chris11 → Alex3917]

I personally take Friday nigh/Saturday off from work, and it's a lifesaver for me.