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So It Was Constantly Going Back And Forth Between These Two Cultures That Kept Raising The Question, Well, How Important Is Personal Freedom? And I Think That Has Always Been Of Interest To Me.

We Do The Same Thing In Our Own Lives, Embracing Information That Supports What We Already Prefer Or Vindicates Choices We Previously Made.after All, It Feels Better To Justify Our Opinions Rather Than Challenge Them, To Contemplate Only The Pros And Relegate The Cons To The Back Of Our Minds. However, If We Want To Make The Most Of Choice, We Have To Be Willing To Make Ourselves Uncomfortable. The Question Is, If We Are Willing, How Exactly Do We Go About Fortifying Ourselves Against These Biases?

You Know, Or Three Kinds Of Ice Cream Bars And You'd See This And Like This... Okay They Could Clearly Benefit From Some More Choices And I Remember Having These Discussions With The Japanese Because They You Know They Often Like To Go To Hawaii For Vacation Because It Was Definitely Much Cheaper For Them And I Would Ask Them, "so When You Go To Hawaii, You Know Do Eat All These Other Things?"

About The Only Question That We Would Say And This Is A Big One In Our Lives That We Would Say You Don't Just Use Pure Reason To Decide The Answer To Is Anything That Affects Your Happiness, Because Then Gut And Reason Answer Very Different Questions. So Gut Tells You "how Do I Feel About This Right Now?"

If You Have The Feeling Of Choice, If You Feel Free, You Will Be Better Off. And When I Say Better Off I Mean That If People Feel They Have Control Over Their Lives, They Call In For Fewer Sick Days From Work. They Have A Lesser Probability Of Having A Heart Attack Or Stroke. They Live Longer. They're Happier.