I'm a fan of hard commitment I think it's under used because the teeth do really add to the potency and and to the success rates in general. The combination of those two is a little bit like your temptation but like social norms are also in there yeah absolutely yes no. Using a lot of these ideas in concert is obviously a good idea if we want to make them more potent, he says.
Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania talks about her book How to Change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. What can we learn from research in psychology and behavioral economics about breaking the habits we want to change? Is that research reliable? And should Russ Roberts accept being overweight or keep working at finding the thinner man trying to get out?