Hayek preferred pure thought over tiresome administrative work.

Evidence

Hayek had only limited willingness to engage in the more tedious aspects of administration, and his reservoirs of energy were not limitless; his family recalled his inability to wear a selfwinding watch because of its failure to function as he sat motionless for hours in his study. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 253

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• SHARE: The self-winding watch anecdote is a delightfully nerdy Hayek fact for someone deep into MPS biography.