self-binding

There is a real appeal to anything that makes self-binding easier.

First Person Plural 2008

Sometimes one self can predict that it will later be dominated by another self, and it can act to block the crossing — an act known as self-binding, which Thomas Schelling and the philosopher Jon Elster have explored in detail.

First Person Plural 2008

Governments and businesses, recognizing these tendencies, have started offering self-binding schemes.

First Person Plural 2008

Someone who becomes morbidly obese needs to do more self-binding, but an obsessive dieter might need to do less.

First Person Plural 2008

Governments and businesses, recognizing these tendencies, have started offering self-binding schemes.

First Person Plural 2008

There is a real appeal to anything that makes self-binding easier.

First Person Plural 2008

As you would expect, waiting proved difficult (and performance on this task is a good predictor, much later on, of such things as SAT scores and drug problems), but some children managed it by self-binding — averting their eyes or covering the marshmallow so as to subvert their temptation-prone self for the greater pleasure of the long-term self.

First Person Plural 2008

Sometimes one self can predict that it will later be dominated by another self, and it can act to block the crossing — an act known as self-binding, which Thomas Schelling and the philosopher Jon Elster have explored in detail.

First Person Plural 2008

Someone who becomes morbidly obese needs to do more self-binding, but an obsessive dieter might need to do less.

First Person Plural 2008

As you would expect, waiting proved difficult (and performance on this task is a good predictor, much later on, of such things as SAT scores and drug problems), but some children managed it by self-binding — averting their eyes or covering the marshmallow so as to subvert their temptation-prone self for the greater pleasure of the long-term self.

First Person Plural 2008