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