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You might enjoy this story / podcast: http://freakonomics.com/2012/02/02/save-me-from-myself-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/2012/02/0
by nostromo 13y ago
You might enjoy this story / podcast: http://freakonomics.com/2012/02/02/save-me-from-myself-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ http://freakonomics.com/2012/02/02/save-me-from-myself-a-new...
One guy decided that he wanted to get healthy. So, he made a list of prohibited foods and actions and wrote a check for $750 payable to Oprah Winfrey (he dislikes Oprah for some reason).
He told his wife, "If I do anything on this list in the next 30 days, send this check to Oprah, no exceptions."
- netcan 13y agoI think I may have gotten the KKK idea from freakonomics podcast, might have been this episode. The Oprah things sounds familiar too.
- dreeves 13y agoOur rebuttal to the anti-charity idea: http://blog.beeminder.com/anticharity http://blog.beeminder.com/anticharity (In short: it's socially inefficient!)