[2021] Tweets by Tynansylvester on 24 Oct

As always don't hesitate to write your Ideology review on its Steam page! (Expansions don't get reviewed much on Steam because they don't appear in the library UI) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392840/RimWorld__Ideology/

@VonArens Thanks we'll look at that!

I believe in working very hard when you're trying to do something special. But after a certain amount of effort, willpower is irrelevant. Like an exhausted muscle, the brain just stops working well. I look at the screen and... nothing comes to mind. /1

The fatigue is task-specific. Each task has its own gas tank, and burns its tank at its own rate. There's also a universal limit. After years of self-observation, I even know how long I can do specific tasks... /2

On a good day I can do: - Gaming 10 hours - Coding 7 hours - Reading (interesting book) 5 hours - Paperwork 5 hours - Game design 4.5 hours - Reading (difficult book) 3 hours - Article/book writing 3 hours - Article/book editing 2.5 hours /3

If I switch tasks, I can do about 1.5-2 of those entire things before the whole brain is too tired. So if I max out 2 tasks, I can't even do gaming afterwards! I have to fall back to really low-brain activities like feed-scrolling. I hate this feeling of mental incapacity. /4

I think these daily limits highlight what working hard really means in practice: 1. Being consistent through many days and years, not short-term intense effort. 2. Allocating effort on the tasks that best move you towards the goal, not on the tasks you enjoy working on. /5