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285285> # Summary
286286> ## https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU
287- > - The speaker, Tim Urban, was a government major in college who had to write many papers
288- > - * He claims* his typical work pattern for papers was:
289- > - Planning to spread work evenly
290- > - Actually procrastinating until the last minute
291- > - For his 90-page senior thesis:
292- > - Planned to work steadily over a year
293- > - * Actually* ended up writing 90 pages in 72 hours before the deadline
294- > - Pulled two all-nighters
295- > - Resulted in a 'very, very bad thesis'
296- > - Urban is now a writer-blogger for 'Wait But Why'
297- > - He wrote about procrastination to explain it to non-procrastinators
298- > - * Humorously claims* to have done brain scans comparing procrastinator and non-procrastinator brains
299- > - Introduces concept of 'Instant Gratification Monkey' in procrastinator's brain
300- > - Monkey takes control from the Rational Decision-Maker
301- > - Leads to unproductive activities like reading Wikipedia, checking fridge, YouTube spirals
302- > - Monkey characteristics:
303- > - Lives in the present moment
304- > - No memory of past or knowledge of future
305- > - Only cares about 'easy and fun'
306- > - Rational Decision-Maker:
307- > - Allows long-term planning and big picture thinking
308- > - Wants to do what makes sense in the moment
309- > - 'Dark Playground': where procrastinators spend time on leisure activities when they shouldn't
310- > - Filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred
311- > - 'Panic Monster': procrastinator's guardian angel
312- > - Wakes up when deadlines are close or there's danger of embarrassment
313- > - Only thing the Monkey fears
314- > - Urban relates his own experience procrastinating on preparing this TED talk
315- > - * Claims* thousands of people emailed him about having the same procrastination problem
316- > - Two types of procrastination:
317- > - 1 . Short-term with deadlines (contained by Panic Monster)
318- > - 2 . Long-term without deadlines (more damaging)
319- > - Affects self-starter careers, personal life, health, relationships
320- > - Can lead to long-term unhappiness and regrets
321- > - * Urban believes* all people are procrastinators to some degree
322- > - Presents 'Life Calendar': visual representation of weeks in a 90-year life
323- > - Encourages audience to:
324- > - Think about what they're procrastinating on
325- > - Stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey
326- > - Start addressing procrastination soon
327- > - * Humorously* suggests not starting today, but 'sometime soon'
328- >
329- > Tokens used for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU : '4365' ($0.00060)
330- >
331- > Total cost of those summaries: '4365' ($0.00060, estimate was $0.00028)
332- >
333- > Total time saved by those summaries: 8.4 minutes
334- >
287+ > - Let me take a deep breath and summarize this TED talk about procrastination:
288+ > - [ 0:00-3:40] Personal experience with procrastination in college:
289+ > - Author's pattern with papers: planning to work steadily but actually doing everything last minute
290+ > - 90-page senior thesis experience:
291+ > - Planned to work steadily over a year
292+ > - Actually wrote 90 pages in 72 hours with two all-nighters
293+ > - * Jokingly implies* it was brilliant, then admits it was 'very, very bad'
294+ > - [ 3:40-6:45] Brain comparison between procrastinators and non-procrastinators:
295+ > - Both have a ** Rational Decision-Maker**
296+ > - Procrastinator's brain also has an ** Instant Gratification Monkey** :
297+ > - Lives entirely in present moment
298+ > - Only cares about 'easy and fun'
299+ > - Works fine for animals but problematic for humans in advanced civilization
300+ > - ** Rational Decision-Maker** capabilities:
301+ > - Can visualize future
302+ > - See big picture
303+ > - Make long-term plans
304+ > - [ 6:45-10:55] The procrastinator's system:
305+ > - ** Dark Playground** :
306+ > - Where leisure activities happen at wrong times
307+ > - Characterized by guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred
308+ > - ** Panic Monster** :
309+ > - Only thing monkey fears
310+ > - Awakens near deadlines or threats of public embarrassment
311+ > - Enables last-minute productivity
312+ > - Personal example with TED talk preparation:
313+ > - Procrastinated for months
314+ > - Only started working when panic set in
315+ > - [ 10:55-13:05] Two types of procrastination:
316+ > - Deadline-based procrastination:
317+ > - Effects contained due to Panic Monster intervention
318+ > - Less harmful long-term
319+ > - Non-deadline procrastination:
320+ > - More dangerous
321+ > - Affects important life areas without deadlines:
322+ > - Entrepreneurial pursuits
323+ > - Family relationships
324+ > - Health
325+ > - Personal relationships
326+ > - Can cause long-term unhappiness and regrets
327+ > - [ 13:05-14:04] Concluding thoughts:
328+ > - * Author believes* no true non-procrastinators exist
329+ > - Presents ** Life Calendar** :
330+ > - Shows 90 years in weekly boxes
331+ > - Emphasizes limited time available
332+ > - Call to action: need to address procrastination 'sometime soon'
333+ > - Key audience response moments:
334+ > - Multiple instances of '(Laughter)' noted throughout
335+ > - Particularly strong response from PhD students relating to procrastination issues
336+ > - Received thousands of emails after blog post about procrastination
337+ > Tokens used for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU : '4936' (in: 4307, out: 629, cost: $0.00063)
338+ > Total cost of those summaries: 4936 tokens for $0.00063 (estimate was $0.00030)
339+ > Total time saved by those summaries: 8.8 minutes
335340> Done summarizing.
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