Long reads on how we actually think, decide and live.
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A ticket is not a bet on winning. It is a small, weekly permission to imagine.
We are far better at explaining our choices than at making them.
It looks like a flaw in the person. Mostly it is a feature of the situation.
What feels like a preference is often just a default nobody questioned.
A small decision, repeated daily, is a life. Nobody designs it that way.
Economists have a model. The rest of us have a Tuesday.
The evidence is clear, the incentives are not, and the incentives usually win.