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avery_sanchez632d ago
Why do we keep using the slightly-bad tool just because we already own it? I see this with my kitchen gadgets and phone apps too. We'll put up with something that only half-works because switching feels like a whole thing, even when the fix is cheap and simple.
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jenniferb452d ago
Actually, there's this idea called the sunk cost thing where we keep using stuff just because we've already put time or money into it. I heard it on a podcast once and it made so much sense for my closet full of barely-worn shoes. We stick with the half-broken tool because ditching it feels like admitting we wasted our cash, even when a new one is right there. It's like our brain gets stuck on what we've spent instead of what we need now. Kinda funny how our brains work against us sometimes.
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