Arkanj3l comments on Wanting vs. Liking Revisited - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Yvain 09 July 2011 08:54PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 August 2012 11:01:16PM 0 points [-]

It's a hyperbolically discounted tradeoff that you make without realizing it, because the cost you're refusing to pay isn't commensurate enough with the payoff you're forgoing to be salient as an explicit tradeoff.

I can't parse this. Can someone explain it to me?