Yes, but pursuing excellence also costs time that could be spent elsewhere, and time/results tradeoffs are often highly nonlinear.
The perfect is the enemy of the good. It seems to me that the most common LW/EA personality already pursues excellence more than is optimal.
For more, see my LW comment:
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Yes, but pursuing excellence also costs time that could be spent elsewhere, and time/results tradeoffs are often highly nonlinear.
The perfect is the enemy of the good. It seems to me that the most common LW/EA personality already pursues excellence more than is optimal.
For more, see my LW comment: