Human behavior as automatons

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  • Obama does not choose his ties, limited amount decisions per day ✅ 2023-04-28

remove from your life the day-to-day problems that absorb most people for meaningful parts of their day. “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make.” ⤴️

research that shows the simple act of making decisions degrades one’s ability to make further decisions. It’s why shopping is so exhausting. “You need to focus your decision-making energy. You need to routinize yourself. You can’t be going through the day distracted by trivia.” – Michael Lewis- Obama’s Way - Vanity Fair

The study he spoke about is probably: Making choices impairs subsequent self-control: A limited-resource account of decision making Maybe also: Decisions reduce sensitivity to subsequent information

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