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Willpower Depletion

Posted on August 26, 2011 by ScottJackisch
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?_r=2&ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=all

I need to dig into this more and see if Robin is right and that it’s all bunk.

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