In the article “Later” by James Surowiecki a quote I found relatable is “I woke up and decided that the next morning would be the day to send the Stiglitz box.” He was always about to send the box, but the moment to act never arrived.” I find this relatable because I tend to have to something but always get side tracked by something else. I don’t think I mean to get side tracked but I find something more enjoyable to do then task I’m supposed to. I think the article gives a very brief explanation on what different philosophers see is the reason for procrastination is. They all have the similar mindset of saying that us as humans always try to go for short run rather then long run because we’re ignorant. I agree and disagree with this social scientist Job Elster when he says this in the article “ people underestimate the time it will take them to complete a given task, so partly because they fail to take account of how long it has taken them to complete similar projects in the past.” I disagree upon the sentence because in terms of college might I say we don’t mind how long the tasks takes to be done we base on the fact if we want to do it. The tasks could be a 800 word essay or 15 page essay as a college student reading that for an assignment I would consider not how long it would take me to do it ,it’s just not what I’m gonna do at that time. But if I do admit I did find this article very interesting and very helpful knowing the reasons for my procrastination. And the history of it as well because I never knew procrastination was known in the 16th century very informative.
