Ego depletion is questionable - http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story/2016/03/ego_depletion_an_influential_theory_in_psychology_may_have_

Ego depletion is questionable - http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story/2016/03/ego_depletion_an_influential_theory_in_psychology_may_have_just_been_debunked.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story... I think this meta-myth (that some people just can't make good decisions) is becoming a hysterical epidemic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness I think there's a mass nocebo (evil placebo) effect. "I can't, because of ego depletion / decision fatigue / not enough spoons". This then becomes a kind of self fulfilling prophecy - people do give up more easily when they have an excuse, and don't have to admit they're just making a bad choice because they're (relatively) greedy and short-sighted.