[jamesmaniscalco]

I think this is the difference between two kinds of "wanting", the id kind and the superego kind. We want the chips because they taste good. We want the nutritious food because we understand on a conceptual level that it is healthy. What we choose to eat in the end depends on how we balance these desires in the moment.

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[tunesmith]

A lot of advertising and AI would just soon as believe that behavior is all that matters, and that akrasia doesn't exist.