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January 22, 2009 at 7:53 PM #14885January 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM #333726
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ParticipantI think that’s the animal spirit.
Bob Shiller as a new book about animal spirits (which I have not yet read).
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8967.htmlIt’s the animal instinct to reproduce. In order to have the urge to reproduce, one must believe (even if subconsciously) that there’s something desirable to replicate and pass on.
Even the ugliest people and the dumbest people think that they have something worth passing on (kindness? compassion?).
You think that your kids are special when in fact they are just ordinary.
Parents of criminals think that their kids should be forgiven and will do everything to save them. On the other hand, strangers want those people locked away for life or even executed.
When a man gets married he thinks that his wife is a great catch. If your hear men talk about women, you’d wonder how they can possible get into bed with their wives at night.
If a woman looked in the mirror and believed that she was below average then what’s the point of reproducing?
January 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM #334059ParticipantI think that’s the animal spirit.
Bob Shiller as a new book about animal spirits (which I have not yet read).
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8967.htmlIt’s the animal instinct to reproduce. In order to have the urge to reproduce, one must believe (even if subconsciously) that there’s something desirable to replicate and pass on.
Even the ugliest people and the dumbest people think that they have something worth passing on (kindness? compassion?).
You think that your kids are special when in fact they are just ordinary.
Parents of criminals think that their kids should be forgiven and will do everything to save them. On the other hand, strangers want those people locked away for life or even executed.
When a man gets married he thinks that his wife is a great catch. If your hear men talk about women, you’d wonder how they can possible get into bed with their wives at night.
If a woman looked in the mirror and believed that she was below average then what’s the point of reproducing?
January 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM #334142ParticipantI think that’s the animal spirit.
Bob Shiller as a new book about animal spirits (which I have not yet read).
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8967.htmlIt’s the animal instinct to reproduce. In order to have the urge to reproduce, one must believe (even if subconsciously) that there’s something desirable to replicate and pass on.
Even the ugliest people and the dumbest people think that they have something worth passing on (kindness? compassion?).
You think that your kids are special when in fact they are just ordinary.
Parents of criminals think that their kids should be forgiven and will do everything to save them. On the other hand, strangers want those people locked away for life or even executed.
When a man gets married he thinks that his wife is a great catch. If your hear men talk about women, you’d wonder how they can possible get into bed with their wives at night.
If a woman looked in the mirror and believed that she was below average then what’s the point of reproducing?
January 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM #334170ParticipantI think that’s the animal spirit.
Bob Shiller as a new book about animal spirits (which I have not yet read).
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8967.htmlIt’s the animal instinct to reproduce. In order to have the urge to reproduce, one must believe (even if subconsciously) that there’s something desirable to replicate and pass on.
Even the ugliest people and the dumbest people think that they have something worth passing on (kindness? compassion?).
You think that your kids are special when in fact they are just ordinary.
Parents of criminals think that their kids should be forgiven and will do everything to save them. On the other hand, strangers want those people locked away for life or even executed.
When a man gets married he thinks that his wife is a great catch. If your hear men talk about women, you’d wonder how they can possible get into bed with their wives at night.
If a woman looked in the mirror and believed that she was below average then what’s the point of reproducing?
January 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM #334255ParticipantI think that’s the animal spirit.
Bob Shiller as a new book about animal spirits (which I have not yet read).
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8967.htmlIt’s the animal instinct to reproduce. In order to have the urge to reproduce, one must believe (even if subconsciously) that there’s something desirable to replicate and pass on.
Even the ugliest people and the dumbest people think that they have something worth passing on (kindness? compassion?).
You think that your kids are special when in fact they are just ordinary.
Parents of criminals think that their kids should be forgiven and will do everything to save them. On the other hand, strangers want those people locked away for life or even executed.
When a man gets married he thinks that his wife is a great catch. If your hear men talk about women, you’d wonder how they can possible get into bed with their wives at night.
If a woman looked in the mirror and believed that she was below average then what’s the point of reproducing?
January 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM #333736equalizer
ParticipantPW,
That does like look like an interesting book. Here’s another one that I haven’t read but has good reviews: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.”
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=9
Do you know why we so often promise ourselves to diet and exercise, only to have the thought vanish when the dessert cart rolls by?
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need?
Do you know why we still have a headache after taking a five-cent aspirin, but why that same headache vanishes when the aspirin costs 50 cents?
Or why honor codes actually do reduce dishonesty in the workplace?
By the end of this book, you’ll know the answers to these and many other questions that have implications for your personal life, for your business life, and for the way you look at the world. As a bonus you will also learn how much fun social science can be, and how to see more clearly the causes for our everyday behaviors, including the many cases in which we are predictably irrational.
January 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM #334069ParticipantPW,
That does like look like an interesting book. Here’s another one that I haven’t read but has good reviews: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.”
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=9
Do you know why we so often promise ourselves to diet and exercise, only to have the thought vanish when the dessert cart rolls by?
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need?
Do you know why we still have a headache after taking a five-cent aspirin, but why that same headache vanishes when the aspirin costs 50 cents?
Or why honor codes actually do reduce dishonesty in the workplace?
By the end of this book, you’ll know the answers to these and many other questions that have implications for your personal life, for your business life, and for the way you look at the world. As a bonus you will also learn how much fun social science can be, and how to see more clearly the causes for our everyday behaviors, including the many cases in which we are predictably irrational.
January 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM #334152ParticipantPW,
That does like look like an interesting book. Here’s another one that I haven’t read but has good reviews: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.”
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=9
Do you know why we so often promise ourselves to diet and exercise, only to have the thought vanish when the dessert cart rolls by?
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need?
Do you know why we still have a headache after taking a five-cent aspirin, but why that same headache vanishes when the aspirin costs 50 cents?
Or why honor codes actually do reduce dishonesty in the workplace?
By the end of this book, you’ll know the answers to these and many other questions that have implications for your personal life, for your business life, and for the way you look at the world. As a bonus you will also learn how much fun social science can be, and how to see more clearly the causes for our everyday behaviors, including the many cases in which we are predictably irrational.
January 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM #334180ParticipantPW,
That does like look like an interesting book. Here’s another one that I haven’t read but has good reviews: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.”
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=9
Do you know why we so often promise ourselves to diet and exercise, only to have the thought vanish when the dessert cart rolls by?
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need?
Do you know why we still have a headache after taking a five-cent aspirin, but why that same headache vanishes when the aspirin costs 50 cents?
Or why honor codes actually do reduce dishonesty in the workplace?
By the end of this book, you’ll know the answers to these and many other questions that have implications for your personal life, for your business life, and for the way you look at the world. As a bonus you will also learn how much fun social science can be, and how to see more clearly the causes for our everyday behaviors, including the many cases in which we are predictably irrational.
January 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM #334265ParticipantPW,
That does like look like an interesting book. Here’s another one that I haven’t read but has good reviews: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.”
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=9
Do you know why we so often promise ourselves to diet and exercise, only to have the thought vanish when the dessert cart rolls by?
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need?
Do you know why we still have a headache after taking a five-cent aspirin, but why that same headache vanishes when the aspirin costs 50 cents?
Or why honor codes actually do reduce dishonesty in the workplace?
By the end of this book, you’ll know the answers to these and many other questions that have implications for your personal life, for your business life, and for the way you look at the world. As a bonus you will also learn how much fun social science can be, and how to see more clearly the causes for our everyday behaviors, including the many cases in which we are predictably irrational.
January 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM #333751jpinpb
ParticipantI have to say that my view is that times are very different now than back in the day. Arranged marriages back in the day were the norm and divorces were embarrassments. You stayed together no matter what.
Today people get married young, sometimes still shotgun-type reasons. The reality is that when you’re young you are not experienced and mature enough to deal w/the intricacies of relationships.
Since divorce is not frowned upon as years past, that is an out. But then you find single men and women in their 30’s and 40’s. Does it make them undesireable, or victims of incompatible youthful marriages?
People evolve and grow and change. Hard to impose long term relationships on couples who grow apart, especially when you start out so young. Think about how you were 10 or 20 years ago. Like a different life.
January 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM #334084ParticipantI have to say that my view is that times are very different now than back in the day. Arranged marriages back in the day were the norm and divorces were embarrassments. You stayed together no matter what.
Today people get married young, sometimes still shotgun-type reasons. The reality is that when you’re young you are not experienced and mature enough to deal w/the intricacies of relationships.
Since divorce is not frowned upon as years past, that is an out. But then you find single men and women in their 30’s and 40’s. Does it make them undesireable, or victims of incompatible youthful marriages?
People evolve and grow and change. Hard to impose long term relationships on couples who grow apart, especially when you start out so young. Think about how you were 10 or 20 years ago. Like a different life.
January 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM #334167ParticipantI have to say that my view is that times are very different now than back in the day. Arranged marriages back in the day were the norm and divorces were embarrassments. You stayed together no matter what.
Today people get married young, sometimes still shotgun-type reasons. The reality is that when you’re young you are not experienced and mature enough to deal w/the intricacies of relationships.
Since divorce is not frowned upon as years past, that is an out. But then you find single men and women in their 30’s and 40’s. Does it make them undesireable, or victims of incompatible youthful marriages?
People evolve and grow and change. Hard to impose long term relationships on couples who grow apart, especially when you start out so young. Think about how you were 10 or 20 years ago. Like a different life.
January 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM #334195ParticipantI have to say that my view is that times are very different now than back in the day. Arranged marriages back in the day were the norm and divorces were embarrassments. You stayed together no matter what.
Today people get married young, sometimes still shotgun-type reasons. The reality is that when you’re young you are not experienced and mature enough to deal w/the intricacies of relationships.
Since divorce is not frowned upon as years past, that is an out. But then you find single men and women in their 30’s and 40’s. Does it make them undesireable, or victims of incompatible youthful marriages?
People evolve and grow and change. Hard to impose long term relationships on couples who grow apart, especially when you start out so young. Think about how you were 10 or 20 years ago. Like a different life.
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