Latest / The Observable Unknown
Interlude XCII: Impulse | Why Wanting, Liking, and Choosing Are Not the Same Thing
Why do we sometimes want things we no longer enjoy?
Why can a decision that seemed obvious this morning become almost unbearable to honor tonight?
Why does desire feel so personal when the thing speaking in our voice may have very little to do with our deeper values?
And what if impulse is not simply weak will, poor discipline, or a failure of character?
In INTERLUDE XCII of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines impulse, craving, self-control, desire, preference reversal, and the psychology of wanting through the work of George Ainslie and Kent Berridge, then places their…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.