http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power Ben Hyde Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-4762 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › Selecting your Alarms Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:44:59 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-4762 [...] to turn on and off.  The term alarm isn’t quite right though, again this is the question of how we manage our attention.  Attention is scarce, you have to manage it.   The universe of things we ought to pay attention [...] [...] to turn on and off.  The term alarm isn’t quite right though, again this is the question of how we manage our attention.  Attention is scarce, you have to manage it.   The universe of things we ought to pay attention [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-2924 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › Self Binding Service Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:07:20 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-2924 [...] from my interest in impulse control, hyperbolic discounting, and will power I’ve been nursing an interest in how people enforce their personal rules.   Say wish to [...] [...] from my interest in impulse control, hyperbolic discounting, and will power I’ve been nursing an interest in how people enforce their personal rules.   Say wish to [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-2826 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:31:56 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-2826 [...] when you run this up against people’s issues with impulse control.  Games with a purpose, indeed. This was written by bhyde. Posted on Saturday, November 7, 2009, [...] [...] when you run this up against people’s issues with impulse control.  Games with a purpose, indeed. This was written by bhyde. Posted on Saturday, November 7, 2009, [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-2685 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › Things I’m liking… Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:55:27 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-2685 [...] like this video demonstrating the hyperbolic discounting problem.  But the popular articles about this experiment are horrible both in that they don’t [...] [...] like this video demonstrating the hyperbolic discounting problem.  But the popular articles about this experiment are horrible both in that they don’t [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-2579 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › The rich consume more stupid than the poor Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:39:27 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-2579 [...] I’ll need to read the paper (pdf).  But the idea is that an animal’s problems with hyperbolic discounting are more severe for some goods v.s. others.   Further the poor tend to live in circumstances where [...] [...] I’ll need to read the paper (pdf).  But the idea is that an animal’s problems with hyperbolic discounting are more severe for some goods v.s. others.   Further the poor tend to live in circumstances where [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-2011 Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm › Raising the Stakes Sat, 02 May 2009 12:07:21 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-2011 [...] that the boffins referenced include one of each.  To my mind and as a fan of the work on hyperbolic discounting this is just another example of the business model behind most gyms.  You sign up when your [...] [...] that the boffins referenced include one of each.  To my mind and as a fan of the work on hyperbolic discounting this is just another example of the business model behind most gyms.  You sign up when your [...]

]]> http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/04/will-power/comment-page-1#comment-1986 Rebecca Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:30:55 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1894#comment-1986 OK, I'm getting off the computer now. Makes me feel so useless! OK, I’m getting off the computer now. Makes me feel so useless!

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