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The battle between your present and future self

2,784,351 views | Daniel Goldstein • TEDSalon NY2011

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.

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.

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Daniel Goldstein

Daniel Goldstein

Behavioral economist

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Daniel Goldstein studies how we make decisions about our financial selves -- both now and in the future,

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