Name: The battle between your present and future self
Uploaded: 2011-12-21T16:33:51Z
Duration: 15 min 42 s
Description: Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.

Choosing outcomes versus choosing products: Consumer-focused retirement
investment advice

Increasing saving behavior through age-progressed renderings of the future self

Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.

Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self

The battle between your present and future self

Harnessing Odysseus’ ancient wisdom, commitment devices emerge as modern tools to balance our present desires with future needs.

The battle of present vs. future self is epitomized in saving for retirement, revealing our struggle with delayed gratification.

Virtual aging software offers a vivid glimpse into our future selves, encouraging wiser financial decisions for a secure retirement.