On Having Enough Socks · Gwern.net
Personal experience and surveys on running out of socks; discussion of socks as small example of human procrastination and irrationality, caused by lack of explicit deliberative thought where no natural triggers or habits exist.
--- title: On Having Enough Socks description: Personal experience and surveys on running out of socks; discussion of socks as small example of human procrastination and irrationality, caused by lack of explicit deliberative thought where no natural triggers or habits exist. created: 2017-11-22 modified: 2019-06-12 thumbnail: /doc/economics/1993-11-18-thesimpsons-s5e8-boyscoutznthehood-homersimpson-moneycanbeexchangedforgoodsandservices.jpg thumbnail-text: ' Homer : “Aw, $20? I wanted a peanut!” Homer’s Brain : “$20 can buy many peanuts.” Homer : “Explain how!” Homer’s Brain : “Money can be ex
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