Once You Break The Social Norm And

I Don't Want To Say That The Poor Are Inherently Cognitively Diminished, But At The End Of The Day Of Making Difficult, Tough Decisions, It's Very Hard To Have The Energy To Think About Things With The Right Mindset.

That When Given The Opportunity, Many Honest People Will Cheat.

Take A Brilliant, Creative Social Scientist, Without Any Respect For Conventional Wisdom And You Get Ellen Langer. She Is A Fantastic Storyteller, And Counterclockwise Is A Fascinating Story About The Unexpected Ways In Which Our Minds And Bodies Are Connected.

The Real Issue Is, How Much Goodwill Do You Invest In The Work? And Goodwill Is Not Something That We Can Buy With Money. It's Very Hard To Buy Goodwill With Money.

In The U.s., I Think There Is An Ideology Of Not Telling Kids What To Do. Nobody To Tell You Who To Marry, Not Tell You What Job To Pick. You're Your Own Person. You Have The Freedom To Choose, Including The Freedom To Fail In Magnificent Ways. And I Think That's The Big Difference. In Other Countries There Is Basically A Social Norm About Saving That Is Passed From Generation To Generation. In The U.s. There Isn't.