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hdgvhicvtoday at 10:09 AM1 replyview on HN

Companies make a fortune from creating that lack of “self control”


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sneaktoday at 3:58 PM

No, they didn’t create it. They created the circumstances where it causes certain types of purchasing and consumption behaviors. The lack of self control was always there, just waiting for those circumstances to bring out the effects of the lack of self control.

Most people vastly overestimate how much they are actually in charge of their life.