Abstract
I propose to complement Ainslie's idea of "bargaining with you future selves" with that of "shaping your past selves." The result of such a complementation is that an action can work in two ways: (1) as a predecent for future behavior and (2) as a shaper of past behavior. I argue that this diminishes the unwanted effects of hyperbolic discounting even further.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 656 - 657 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct-2005 |