tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3770529951436514664..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Nudge, Push, ShoveStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-49668348411459716312011-04-18T10:10:15.363-07:002011-04-18T10:10:15.363-07:00Actually, that was what I was trying to say... tha...Actually, that was what I was trying to say... thanks for the clarification.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-75778582095302974972011-04-18T09:28:43.141-07:002011-04-18T09:28:43.141-07:00When faced with alternatives, we carefully maximiz...When faced with alternatives, we carefully maximize our utility, just like those hypothetical agents in the Econ 101 textbooks.<br /><br />“Unfortunately, the latest research on the mind demonstrates that a whirligig of emotions, instincts and biases, many of which operate outside conscious awareness, shapes our behavior.”<br /><br />The first paragraph is a strawman argument ... economists have never assumed rational behavior ... what they have assumed is that EVENTAULLY we will make rational choices, often after making many irrational choices in the meantime ...<br /><br />because we are always involved in feedback loops we make decisions and measure results which colors our next decision ...<br /><br />We can have all of the emotions, instincts and biases, many of which operate outside conscious awareness we want but eventually, if you are not menatlly disfunctional, you will adjust those emotions, instincts and biases and come to more rational decisions.<br /><br />The old cliche, a liberal mugged by reality comes to mind ...The Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554055593581812426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3257925257905689812011-04-17T06:39:03.545-07:002011-04-17T06:39:03.545-07:00Thanks, David, for the link to your excellent post...Thanks, David, for the link to your excellent post. I am somewhat embarrassed that I missed it, but I do hope that everyone follows the link and takes a look at it.<br /><br />And thanks, also Retriever. As we all know, this concern for everyone's health is just a stalking horse for more substantive control over behavior-- like preventing you from using the light bulbs you wish or banning plastic bags. All of which are ways to force people to live according to the dogmas of modern liberalism... and to make any opposition to those dogmas into heresy.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53917446577164295062011-04-17T05:41:46.004-07:002011-04-17T05:41:46.004-07:00Good post, Stuart. I've always felt that peop...Good post, Stuart. I've always felt that people have to learn for themselves. Particularly on food as individuals vary so much (what suits one person may make another person fat or sick, even within families), and the dietary dogmas change from year to year. People should practice moderation, and be sceptical of extreme claims by Food Industry Hacks and Greenie Twits alike. Personally, I've always used my grandmother's advice as a more sane guide...:) (she lived to be 94, despite smoking and drinking and eating a dish of ice cream and lotsa red meat every day!)<br /><br />Avoiding the Deadly Sin of Gluttony is also a good idea (tho hard in my houshold, where four of us love to cook)<br /><br />I used to try to set a good example, but it doesn't really work. I like vegetables (I grow them), hiking miles and miles, spend hours outdoors, going to church, socializing, cooking from scratch, yadda yadda yadda. But I am short and no healthier than my husband over six foot who hates veggies, church, is solitary and will probably bury me! The point is, we are both very healthy, but one size doesn't fit all as far as health habits or even diet and exercise requirements. This is the fallacy behind national guidelines. <br /><br />ALtho I do think the mesomorph, gardening, cooking, outdoorsy, opinionated WASP women in my family tend to live a LONG time...Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33937741439038531052011-04-16T14:23:16.479-07:002011-04-16T14:23:16.479-07:00Wrote a post about Sunstein and the other Nudges h...Wrote a post about Sunstein and the other Nudges here: <a href="http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/16259.html" rel="nofollow">the scribes and the idea of freedom</a>.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com