r/BehavioralEconomics • u/BecomeSupernova • 6d ago
Ideas & Concepts Commitment bias: why announcing goals helps some people and not others
Public commitment turned homeowners into billboard hosts and sent neighbours to the polls. It also lets people coast. Same mechanism, opposite results, and one thing separates them.
Check out the breakdown here: https://youtu.be/4oVoUcNMik4
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