I can understand that you dont have to make physical effort to feel tired, because I work as a computer programmer and I feel tired after making mental effort, but this effort seems way bigger than the one required to drive, yet, after 4,5 hours of driving I feel way more exhausted than after 8,10 hours of coding.
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As a fellow computer programmer, when I code, even when very focused, I set my own pace, I resolve problems in the order I see fit, I can pause a few seconds to breathe in when looking at something hairy. I’m really driving the effort.
When I drive a car however, things happen to me constantly that I have to immediately react to whether I’m ready or not, I must deal with the hairy bits as they come without being able to pause beforehand, and I need to be constantly on high alert as I don’t know what and when the things will happen to react to. The road and context are driving the effort despite me.
Also, the different stakes implies different stress. If I mess up really badly for 30 straight seconds when coding, I can just hit “Undo” a bunch and start over, no harm no foul. If I mess up really badly for 30 seconds when driving, I could be, ya know, killing my entire family in the car. No pressure.
Source: none, this is all subjective.
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