The problem of plenty, the genius of Henry James, and the sad truth that we’re all Isabel Archer now

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If young people today face a problem totally unique to their generation, it’s one of plenty itself.  Simply put, they have too many choices about everything and anything in life, but not enough money or time to possibly have or do it all.  The 19th century novelist Henry James once claimed his works were centered… Continue reading The problem of plenty, the genius of Henry James, and the sad truth that we’re all Isabel Archer now

Iran and the sunk cost fallacy

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Why are some unwilling to take half-a-loaf by forging a less than satisfying deal or even reverting to the status quo, making not getting the optimal outcome into an embarrassing defeat? While the conflict with Iran lumbers onward through an admittedly bizarre non-ceasefire ceasefire, some are arguing that we have only two options:  Either accept… Continue reading Iran and the sunk cost fallacy