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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://todon.eu/users/anna_addis/statuses/112071622372331675">anna_addis (anna_addis@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 04:28:56 JST</a><a href="https://todon.eu/@anna_addis" title="anna_addis@todon.eu"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/248353-48-20240310192856.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="anna_addis" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">anna_addis</a></section><article><p>This paragraph by David Graeber makes me think - what if alternating between procrastination and hyperfocus is just how human brains are meant to work i.e. "normal" or dare I say "typical"? What if <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ADHD" rel="tag">#ADHD</a> is just some brains' ultimate refusal to conform to capitalism?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2811092#notice-5576401">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-11T04:28:56+09:00" title="Monday, 11-Mar-2024 04:28:56 JST">Monday, 11-Mar-2024 04:28:56 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://todon.eu/@anna_addis/112071622372331675" rel="external" title="Sent from todon.eu via ActivityPub">todon.eu</a></span></span><a href="https://todon.eu/@anna_addis/112071622372331675">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2359961">Screenshot of a heavily underlined paragraph that reads: "This is in part
because most people who have ever existed have assumed that normal human work patterns take the form of periodic intense bursts of energy, followed by relaxation, followed by slowly picking up again toward another intense bout. This is what farming is like, for instance: all-hands-on-deck mobilization around planting and harvest, but otherwise, whole seasons taken up largely by minding and mending things, minor projects, and puttering around. But even daily tasks, or projects such as building a house or preparing for a feast, tend to take roughly this form. In other words, the traditional student’s pattern of lackadaisical study leading up to intense cramming before exams and then slacking off again—I like to refer to it as “punctuated hysteria”—is typical of how human beings have always tended to go about necessary tasks if no one forces them to act otherwise. Some students may engage in cartoonishly exaggerated versions of this pattern. But good students figure out how to get the pace roughly right. Not only is it what humans will do if left to their own devices, but there is no reason to believe that forcing them to act otherwise is likely to cause greater efficiency or productivity. Often it will have precisely the opposite effect."</a></label><br><a href="https://todon.eu/system/media_attachments/files/112/071/615/114/736/691/original/76e5664a0e76ddb3.jpg" rel="external">https://todon.eu/system/media_attachments/files/112/071/615/114/736/691/original/76e5664a0e76ddb3.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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This paragraph by David Graeber makes me think - what if alternating between procrastination and hyperfocus is just how human brains are meant to work i.e. "normal" or dare I say "typical"? What if #ADHD is just some brains' ultimate refusal to conform to capitalism?
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1. Screenshot of a heavily underlined paragraph that reads: "This is in part because most people who have ever existed have assumed that normal human work patterns take the form of periodic intense bursts of energy, followed by relaxation, followed by slowly picking up again toward another intense bout. This is what farming is like, for instance: all-hands-on-deck mobilization around planting and harvest, but otherwise, whole seasons taken up largely by minding and mending things, minor projects, and puttering around. But even daily tasks, or projects such as building a house or preparing for a feast, tend to take roughly this form. In other words, the traditional student’s pattern of lackadaisical study leading up to intense cramming before exams and then slacking off again—I like to refer to it as “punctuated hysteria”—is typical of how human beings have always tended to go about necessary tasks if no one forces them to act otherwise. Some students may engage in cartoonishly exaggerated versions of this pattern. But good students figure out how to get the pace roughly right. Not only is it what humans will do if left to their own devices, but there is no reason to believe that forcing them to act otherwise is likely to cause greater efficiency or productivity. Often it will have precisely the opposite effect."
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