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A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
- canjobear 12y agoIt's hard to interpret this without a clear sense of what is meant by "self-control".
- derefr 12y agoProbably the same meaning as the Big 5 trait of "conscientiousness": a high dopamine level. These kind of studies basically find that groups with a lot of people in them with undiagnosed ADD/ADHD function poorly.
- mutatismutandis 12y agowell, I'm hosed.
- fleitz 12y agoIt sounds like the statistical basis for this: http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html
- sayemm 12y agoNice! And I'd also add my most favorite PG essay: http://paulgraham.com/determination.html http://paulgraham.com/determination.html
- tempthoughts 12y agoWhat does it have to do with self-control if we are only measuring our willingness to submit to being controlled?