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Main thesis is that people's behavior is not rational in specific ways, and can be better understood through a list of various "Tendencies" that people are subj
by dsjoerg 10y ago
Main thesis is that people's behavior is not rational in specific ways, and can be better understood through a list of various "Tendencies" that people are subject to. There's a list of them on the bottom of page 4.
Supporting anecdotes are provided, but they don't prove anything.
Best case, this paper will help you organize, crystallize and clarify things you yourself have always known or noticed, but never had a name for.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoThe anecdotes leave me feeling that a person simply needs to ask, "is my behavior going to become a good or bad anecdote?"
- egd 10y agoI read a great comment once in response to a post about parental advice - roughly: "When I was young, my father said to me, 'Son, don't be an asshole.' Since then, before doing anything, I ask myself, 'Would an asshole do this?' And if they would, I don't do it."