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And it's also why I am so deeply disappointed with what Akst delivers here.

You are not the boss of you Post 2011

There are good strategies for ridding ourselves of bad habits and creating better ones, but Akst apparently doesn't know them.

You are not the boss of you Post 2011

Indeed, Akst betrays a certain contempt for modern science and its insights into self-restraint, as revealed by this statement: "I discovered that the very best guides to weakness of the will held no tenure, had no graduate degrees, and dealt with the problem of self-control without magnetic resonance imaging devices for peering into the skulls of undergraduates."

You are not the boss of you Post 2011

To be fair, I am going to quote Akst directly to make my complaints unambiguous.

You are not the boss of you Post 2011

To be fair, I am going to quote Akst directly to make my complaints unambiguous.

You are not the boss of you Post 2011

Akst is the author of "We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in the Age of Excess," and a contributor to Slate.

'Precommitment' devices as a safeguard against failure Daniel Akst 2011

Mr. Akst is the author of "The Webster Chronicle," a novel about a small-town weekly.

The Reporter Next Door Daniel Akst 2011

Read about the death of friendship in "America: Land of Loners?" by Daniel Akst in The Wilson Quarterly.

Beyond the Underground: 2010

Daniel Akst person, whose web profile has a picture of him in a black sweater and chinos - well aren't we fashion forward.

My God George Will is a bigger fashion snob than me! - dfi 2009

There are good strategies for ridding ourselves of bad habits and creating better ones, but Akst apparently doesn't know them.

You are not the boss of you Post 2011