Negotiation Law Blog - New Year's Resolutions from Harvard Business School - Comments http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/ Southern California Arbitration Mediation & Conflict Resolution: Settle it Now Dispute Resolution Services: Serving Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Century City en Copyright 2012 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:10:17 -0800 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:10:17 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Michael Webster I never really understood this paper and how it was an advance on Tom Schelling.

"One widely observed behavior that illustrates the intrapersonal struggle to follow through on should-choices is the widespread use of commitment devices that constrain
people from overturning their commitment to a should-choice (Schelling, 1984). The classic example of such a device is Odysseus tying himself to the mast of his ship as it sailed past the tempting island of the Sirens, beguiling creatures who lured sailors to their death. In advance of the temptation, Odysseus precluded the possibility of succumbing to it. Unlike future lock-in, commitment devices do not create a commitment to a should- choice, but rather constrain a person from submitting to the temptations of the future
want self (Prelec, 1989; Trope & Fishbach, 2000; Strotz, 1956; Thaler & Shefirn, 1981). "

Schelling argued, correctly in my opinion, that a necessary element of commitment was the elimination of choice.

I just don't understand the future-lock in criticism of this position.

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