Deadlines and the Do Nothing Rent-a-Man

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A new experiment tests the non-monotonic effect of deadline length on task completion. What does that mean? Anthony and Jeff will procrastinate to the absolute last minute, but is that the norm? How do deadlines impact getting things done? Then, as a "Do Nothing Rent-a-Man" 38-year old Shoji Morimoto might have the world's best job. Then again, maybe not! Jeff and Anthony dig into this very unique profession.

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0:00.0	It's what scientists refer to as the Fudge-Covered Mint Oreo effect.
0:18.0	This is We Have Concerns.
0:19.0	Hi, Jeff Canada.
0:20.0	Hi, Anthony Carbony.
0:22.0	Hello, concerned citizens.
0:25.0	If you were just listening to the cold open, which you can be listening to every week, if
0:30.4	you're a patron at the $3 level, patreon.com slash We Have Concerns, you know that we
0:34.6	were just talking about procrastination, which is one of our favorite things to talk about.
0:40.5	One of our best skills, you and I, both supremely skilled at procrastination.
0:45.8	Ooh, baby, I can start getting ready for something an hour early and show up 15 minutes late
0:52.8	on the dot every time.
0:54.8	But I know it's crazier than that.
0:57.4	You can start getting ready an hour and 15 minutes early.
1:00.9	Still be 15 minutes late.
1:02.2	On the dot.
1:04.0	That's what they call carbonic standard time and it is a known quantity.
1:09.8	Yeah, I think procrastination is a pretty big problem for me, always has been, especially
1:18.5	with the ADHD.
1:20.7	It's like you really need, this is something we've talked about before.
1:25.8	You really need a deadline.
1:28.2	Yes.
1:29.2	And it needs to be, it can't be a deadline that you give yourself because that's fake.
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