Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (165841)	7/12/2005 4:17:09 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I used to think that people knew and did best for themselves, enlightened self interest and all, but I no longer believe this. There's too much evidence to the contrary. I think people tend to do what makes them feel better, in the moment, than what is actually and objectively best for them. People do this all the time, in all kinds of situations from eating chocolate cake to spending the milk money to investing in risky stocks to voting for politicians. The emotional, the kneejerk, the faith-based, etc. overwhelms our logic and makes us do the most inane and self-destructive things.