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Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions
- acjohnson55 13y agoFantastic article. It summarizes the findings of this article: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/ http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/ho..., and provides an excerpt of a compelling and self-reflective essay from someone currently struggling with poverty, which can be read in full here: http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558 http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decision.... In a culture where people, some of whom have even overcome serious struggles, muse about why people can't just pull themselves up by their bootstraps, I find this to be a very insightful explanation. And in the Hacker News subculture, which is inherently focused on capitalist solutions to problems large and small, I think we need to reflect capitalism's answers for the problem of self-perpetuating poverty.