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The title text explains what the schedule is about, possibly alluding that Cueball's goal in life is to be successful at messing around, not actually being successful at what would in common be considered someone would do to become successful. | The title text explains what the schedule is about, possibly alluding that Cueball's goal in life is to be successful at messing around, not actually being successful at what would in common be considered someone would do to become successful. | ||
| β | It could also suggest someone who has a (shallow ego driven?) goal of "success" itself, but who may not much care about what they are achieving for itself. Thus, achieving it is would not be an intrinsic reward to them β to borrow an concept from | + | It could also suggest someone who has a (shallow ego driven?) goal of "success" itself, but who may not much care about what they are achieving for itself. Thus, achieving it is would not be an intrinsic reward to them β to borrow an concept from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky Eliezer Yudkowsky], they are clearly ambitious, but they don't truly have an ambition. These people are probably not be the type of people Randall enjoys spending time with, since the reward for him is primarily the interesting world around him, as he has occasionally pointed out. At the same time, it could also be expressing a general skepticism of people in fields like internet marketing or inspirational coaching (who are usually also selling a product) and therefore are potentially just out to make a buck on you, especially the ones who have a free blog with a paid product, since it is often significantly more expensive than, say, buying a book on time management at the bookstore. |
Since this comic came out (and before) there have been many comics about wasted time and general {{w|time management}}, see the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Time_management Time management category]. | Since this comic came out (and before) there have been many comics about wasted time and general {{w|time management}}, see the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Time_management Time management category]. | ||
