{"id":347,"date":"2008-09-03T02:17:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2008-09-03T02:17:16","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:17:16","slug":"choosing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/03\/choosing\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a personal note since graduation I’ve noticed people getting gym memberships and the marked improvement in their self images. I feel that its the fact that when you really start to choose for yourself , choosing becomes easier and its self reinforcing.\u00a0 I read somewhere that we have a limited amount of self control but as we practice more self control this limit expands. I feel that this is the same thing, after finally deciding to improve and bit by bit trying to improve we expand this self control.<\/p>\n

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from Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/span> by Tyler Cowen<\/span><\/div>\n
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So if we could get people to exercise more, would they become more risk-loving, want less insurance, make more aggressive investments, and induce faster economic growth?\u00a0 Would this be a good thing?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s Robin Hanson<\/a>, the basic empirical result is that physically weaker people are more risk-averse in a wide variety of settings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

from Overcoming Bias blog here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a personal note since graduation I’ve noticed people getting gym memberships and the marked improvement in their self images. I feel that its the fact that when you really start to choose for yourself , choosing becomes easier and its self reinforcing.\u00a0 I read somewhere that we have a limited amount of self control … <\/p>\n

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