Comments on: MESSY ROOMS—CONCLUSIONS. http://philipschaefer.com/2008/01/25/messy-rooms-conclusions/ Theories, observations, and articles Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philip http://philipschaefer.com/2008/01/25/messy-rooms-conclusions/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Philip Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:18:46 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/2008/01/25/messy-rooms-conclusions/#comment-895 Annalisa, I think you are extending economic analysis to negotiations between different parts of the self. George Ainslie and Robert Strotz pioneered this kind of analysis, and I think it is a growing branch of economics. Annalisa, I think you are extending economic analysis to negotiations between different parts of the self. George Ainslie and Robert Strotz pioneered this kind of analysis, and I think it is a growing branch of economics.

]]> By: Annalisa http://philipschaefer.com/2008/01/25/messy-rooms-conclusions/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Annalisa Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:26:49 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/2008/01/25/messy-rooms-conclusions/#comment-891 The conclusions are all wise, but I think the most powerful is the first. The person who wants to change the status quo is at a definite disadvantage, and it even goes further than that: When trying to change one's own habits for the better, the part that prefers the status quo has such strength and implacability. Seems to me that it's a deep part of human nature, to either resist change or maintain the status quo, however how prefer to look at it. Amazing what insights to human nature economics can teach us! The conclusions are all wise, but I think the most powerful is the first. The person who wants to change the status quo is at a definite disadvantage, and it even goes further than that: When trying to change one’s own habits for the better, the part that prefers the status quo has such strength and implacability. Seems to me that it’s a deep part of human nature, to either resist change or maintain the status quo, however how prefer to look at it. Amazing what insights to human nature economics can teach us!

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