The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work — George Ainslie
The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work — George Ainslie
The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work — George Ainslie
The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work — George Ainslie
The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work — George Ainslie
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The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work of satisfying appetite.

— George Ainslie
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