Also: why do we procrastinate?
If you went on a road trip and you didn't stop for a big Mac or drop a crispy fry between the car seats, or use your McDonald's bag as a placemat, then that wasn't a road trip.
It was just a really long drive at participating McDonald's.
That wasn't so much a question as a kind of cranky old man observation.
So decrankify me.
I want to be cranky with you, if that's okay.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show, your life is in your control.
My teacher's unfair.
They're always picking on me, and I get all these marks on my record, and then I can't go on the field trip.
Also, why do we procrastinate?
And how can we stop?
I don't want to do that.
I really don't want to do that.
Angela, my question for you today is, I think, really hard, but perhaps important enough to wrestle with.
Are you up for it?
Of course.
Okay.
This question arose when I was reading Maria Konikova's new book, the biggest bluff.
So Maria, like you, has a PhD in psychology, but she's not an academic.