Nothing To Do: an agent that opens the mail you're avoiding

Description and use

<p>There is a letter on my kitchen counter I have not opened in nineteen days. I know roughly what it is. I am not ready.</p> <p>That's not laziness. It's avoidance, which is a different and more expensive thing. Every tool I tried asked me to solve it by looking at the letter. So I built one that looks <em>for</em> me, reads it aloud in a slow voice, and says the thing I actually need to hear: <strong>nothing to do.</strong></p> <p>The most common output of this agent is silence. That's not a limitation. It's the product.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>You photograph the envelope and drop it

Problem

<p>There is a letter on my kitchen counter I have not opened in nineteen days. I know roughly what it is. I am not ready.</p> <p>That's not laziness. It's avoidance, which is a different and more expensive thing. Every tool I tried asked me to solve it by looking at the letter. So I built one that looks <em>for</em> me, reads it aloud in a slow voice, and says the thing I actually need to hear: <strong>nothing to do.</strong></p> <p>The most common output of this agent is silence. That's not a limitation. It's the product.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>You photograph the envelope and drop it

Outcome

<p>There is a letter on my kitchen counter I have not opened in nineteen days. I know roughly what it is. I am not ready.</p> <p>That's not laziness. It's avoidance, which is a different and more expensive thing. Every tool I tried asked me to solve it by looking at the letter. So I built one that looks <em>for</em> me, reads it aloud in a slow voice, and says the thing I actually need to hear: <strong>nothing to do.</strong></p> <p>The most common output of this agent is silence. That's not a limitation. It's the product.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>You photograph the envelope and drop it

Evidence

Nothing To Do: an agent that opens the mail you're avoiding

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