Tuesday, July 07, 2009

A failure to master one's impulses

Before posting about David Brooks' latest column, I should have read this article about the tendency of people to say or do the worst possible thing... and how imagining doing so can increase the likelihood that we will.

:-)

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Blogger TomS said...

I recently wrote to a new friend about a movie we both liked (Brokeback Mountain), and I butchered the title in a way I found upsetting when I heard others disparage it in the same way. I had NO idea I made this error until my friend good-naturedly revealed to me. The mind is fascinating, and, like heavy machinery, is best not to operate when one is tired!

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