David DiSalvo(Atlanta, GA) is a science, technology, and culture writer whose work appears inScientific American Mind, Psychology Today, Forbes, theWall Street Journal, Mental Floss, and other publications. He is also the writer behind the well-regarded science blogs Neuronarrative and Neuropsyched.
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Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning mea... SEE MORE