My Anti-Productivity Productivity Thesis

The video I posted on Vlogbrothers is at the end of this video, but you can also watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj-INVmmILo Focus Friend is on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016 And Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.underthing.focus.friend&hl=en_US If you are currently subscribed and want to move to lifetime, Apple has made this hard on us, but I'm pretty sure we've got a fix that will roll out with an update in the next 48 hours! I was going to have you email us, but you shouldn't do that. Video edited by Aves: https://bsky.app/profile/avesmhl.com 0:00 - Introduction and Focus Friend Sale 1:09 - The Big Lie of Productivity 2:28 - Why Mattering Matters 5:49 - Interest vs. Depression 6:39 - 10 Strategies to Cultivate Interest 6:44 Let it confuse you 7:44 Make the extra click 9:58 Write things down 11:22 Notice what’s built to hook you 13:09 Borrow someone’s obsession 13:56 Ask why 15:48 Go where it matters 16:37 Choose your feed 18:10 Guess first 18:49 It builds on itself 22:15 - Reflection on Productivity and Hard Work 30:30 - Final Thoughts on Opportunity and Obligation SOURCES Writing about why a topic matters to you increases interest: https://sparq.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj19021/files/media/file/hulleman_harackiewicz_2009_-_promoting_interest_performance_in_high_school_science_classes.pdf Self-generated relevance works better than being told why it matters: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5589190 Making a guess before looking up the answer: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0056-y Interest requires something novel/complex that you also feel able to understand: https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/testbookje/?p=456 Taller people earn more: https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.3.428