The Song of the Sirens and Ulysses Contracts

Many of the ideas we're talking about here have echoes in the story from ancient Greek mythology involving Ulysses and the song of the sirens. Can you tell me that story and how that idea has manifested? What are sometimes called Ulysses contracts today where people come up with ways to prevent their future selves from making boneheaded mistakes. Yeah Ulysses was on this adventure and knew that he and his crew were aware that they were about to go past a legendary island inhabited by sea nymphs sirens whose song was so tempting, no one before him had been able to resist it. He comes up with a way to bind himself in advance so that he can achieve his long