Readit NewsIf at some point we no longer want to incentivize that behavior, the government can simply remove the tax break. Moralizing about how people shouldn't engage in the behavior that the government is encouraging them to by offering tax incentives is beyond useless.
You're right that moralizing is beyond useless. Instead let's define the bounds of our morality by our tax code. What can go wrong?
But it might be something that is subjectively felt, and people then attributed it to be something that depletes. Even if the depletion is invalidated, the subjective feeling might however still be valid. --- If I should suggest another possibility on the spot, I would suggest mental fatigue. You get tired of denying yourself things the same way you get tired of denying your kid pestering you for a treat.
It's not directly depletion, but I could subjectively describe it as a resource getting depleted.
Is there really a mental equivalent to physical exhaustion that leaves us beyond the ability to make a decision? Is that what running out of willpower would be?
This is good for different reasons, such as less additives in your food which might be healthier in the long term, taste, and the pleasure in the activity itself, but is unlikely to help with weight loss. There is little difference in calorie content between two similar pizzas, home made and from a restaurant (assuming you’re not eating Domino’s cheese-stuffed crust style pizzas).
I call BS on that. Yes there's sometimes this pattern of favoring external hires, but most people nowadays are unwilling to just do the work and be patient. Especially in tech, most people switch jobs every few years to get a promo and salary bump. Everyone wants immediate results nowadays and end up with mediocre careers.
I doubt people like the man in the article think like that.
I am afraid all this technology is taking away all of our wisdom. Too easy to know things, very hard to understand them.
Widely used by who exactly? Go Karts for rich people and rockets? What's the quality of life for the broad population in that?
People ranging from NYC Billionaire's Row all the way to Subsaharn Africa use Google Search every day, Android, Microsoft Windows too, likewise Facebook and Youtube.
Your message only evidences how bubbles of wealth manage to isolate wealthy individuals from regular people problems.