It’s not your fault that you have bad habits #Habits

16 Jun 2020 · 1 min

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A short talk by TJ Walker arguing that modern corporations and expert designers have engineered addictive systems that cultivate bad personal habits (eating, reading, exercising, screen time). He frames this as largely not the individual's fault and urges viewers to reclaim control by placing daily cues and reminders to form healthier routines.

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I have good news for you. If you have bad eating habits, bad reading habits, bad health habits, and you waste a lot of time watching video and entertainment, it's not your fault. For the first time in human history, you have been the victim of the smartest people in the world, with the most amount of money, with the biggest corporations behind them. They've all been conspiring to give you bad habits, and they've been successful. No one else has had to put up with this throughout human history. That's the bad news. The good news is, now that you know it is your job to take back control, you personally have to put the reminders, the cues, the triggers in front of your eyes and ears every day to remind you to eat healthy, to exercise on a daily basis, to spend some time reading actual books rather than watching other people's entertainment videos. Good luck.