Derek Thompson

Not that we shouldn't.

I mean, I become much, you know, my family, my wife has Chinese background, and her family has been into herbal Chinese medicine as long as I've known them.

And I would always kind of make fun of it and say, well, you know, there wasn't a double blind control study.

You know, the evidence doesn't show very much.

You know, these studies are not well run.

And I've completely stopped that because beliefs are tools, not truths.

And so it's clear to me that there is a huge placebo effect to these treatments.

And who am I to say that the placebo effect is not worth using?

It's great.

Why not?

If it's inexpensive, if it doesn't cause any long-term negative health effects, sure.

Why not?

So I think it's important to realize what...

what motivation is, right?

When we lose confidence, when we lose motivation, what are we talking about?

Motivation, I think I misunderstood what motivation really is about.

I thought motivation is if I want this thing, then I'll do this behavior, right?

So if I want the benefit, I'll do the action.

That's kind of the classic economic view of how motivation works.

And why is motivation so important as a side note?