Stated:revealed conveniently leaves the lack of self control out of the discussion

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Half baked at the moment but I’m pondering through preference falsifications and crowd pressure dynamics in the revealed side of your lil pet expression 😊

Agreed agreed. But I feel like much of the revealed side potentially has falsification written all over it in the age of crowd acceptance and all the incentives aligned there

Agree. However, the world shouldn’t always be built towards getting people to their revealed preferences I imagine

E.g. some suffer from addictions / substance abuse but state that they’d rather not be addicted

Stated preference is very much about preference falsification! Most people like saying things that they think other people want to hear (or increases their status with said people). Virtue signaling, etc.

"Give us this Last Man, O Zarathustra," -- they called out -- "make us into these Last Men! Then will we make you a gift of the Overman!" And all the people exulted and smacked their lips. Zarathustra, however, turned sad, and said to his heart …