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Consumers frequently lie that they prefer honest headlines No. "Revealed preference" is exploitation of vice, plain and simple. Addicts might honestly say th
by nitrogen 6y ago
Consumers frequently lie that they prefer honest headlines
No. "Revealed preference" is exploitation of vice, plain and simple. Addicts might honestly say they would prefer to abstain, but still relapse. The same dopamine systems are being exploited in either case.
- qsort 6y agoThat's a distinction without a difference. An addict who says they prefer to abstain but doesn't, doesn't actually prefer to abstain. Where preferences come from is irrelevant. De gustibus non disputandum est.
- nitrogen 6y agoThis is conflating desires/aspirations/preferences with basic drives. Everyone has base instincts that we inherited through evolution, and more evolutionarily recent executive control that we have to exercise and develop. "Revealed preference" tends to manipulate the base instinct at the expense of executive control.
- zepto 6y agoBy that logic, there is no such thing as addiction.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoNo. Revealed preferences are manipulative bullshit. Calling choices forced by external conditions (whether it's your own addiction, manipulative headlines or strong market pressure) choices is just a way to whitewash deeply immoral manipulation, and justify selfishness as serving others what they "want".
- zepto 6y agoRevealed preference is just a way to make manipulative marketing sound more noble than just applied behaviorism.