should we set goals?

• goals ↑

Pro

• SMART goals and whoever invented them
• 2015 📖 SuperBetter - The Power of Living Gamefully also really likes goals.
• deliberate practice relies on goals a lot
• ~ show the goal structure

Contra

• often based on ~ build systems, not goals
  • point in 📖 Atomic Habits
• ~ everyone at Olympia has the goal to win
• 📝 Goals gone wild
  • ~ people become complacent after meeting their goal
    • see also post-pellet pause when in the mood for a behavioristic reframe
  • ~ hard goals incentivize risk-taking (can of course also seen as pro)
  • ~ goals interfere with learning

Middle Ground / Meta

• ~ judge a goal by whether it causes action now