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title: "Via @[740721347:2048:Virginia Postrel]. While McCardle directs her…"
date: 2015-02-13
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# Via @[740721347:2048:Virginia Postrel]. While McCardle directs her…

*February 13, 2015 · Facebook*

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Via @\[740721347:2048:Virginia Postrel\].\
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While McCardle directs her message to women, it\'s true for men as well. While men don\'t have a hard limit for having children, we do eventually become so aged that we\'re no longer attractive to fertile women.\
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Here\'s an exercise for avoiding the sunk cost fallacy:\
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\"Imagine you had just met your partner today. But imagine that a genie had gifted you all the information about them you have now, having lived with them for X years.\
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Now ask yourself: \"Knowing what I know now, would I begin a relationship with this person again?\"\
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If the answer is \"No\", then you should probably end the relationship.\
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After all, if you would not \_begin\_ a new relationship with them, then why would you \_continue\_ in a relationship with them?\
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On the other hand, if the answer is \"Yes\", then it\'s probably worthwhile to continue the relationship.
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