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- "Socrates clearly never went to a restaurant with unlimited chips. But he has a point. To figure out what a person’s true priorities are, we usually look to the choices they make. (“Actions speak louder than words.”) When a person binges on TV, munches chips, or gets high despite the consequences, Socrates would infer that they must care more about indulging now than about avoiding those consequences — whatever they may _say_ to the contrary" - "Socrates clearly never went to a restaurant with unlimited chips. But he has a point. To figure out what a person’s true priorities are, we usually look to the choices they make. (“Actions speak louder than words.”) When a person binges on TV, munches chips, or gets high despite the consequences, Socrates would infer that they must care more about indulging now than about avoiding those consequences — whatever they may _say_ to the contrary"
- He argues that people simply have bad judgement, and that they aren't acting against their better judgement. - He argues that people simply have bad judgement, and that they aren't acting against their better judgement.
- He also argues that bad decisions indicate bad priorities. - He also argues that bad decisions indicate bad priorities.
- The idea that people need to hit "rock bottom" before they can hit true recovery reinforces that idea. It means that a person needs to truly understand the consequences of their "selfishness".
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- Addiction intensifies the disconnect between judgement and action - Addiction intensifies the disconnect between judgement and action
- "Here’s the testimony of one person with addiction, reported in Maia Szalavitz’s book [_Unbroken Brain_](https://books.google.com/books?id=4yJ3CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false): “I can remember many, many times driving down to the projects telling myself, ‘You don’t want to do this! You don’t want to do this!’ But I’d do it anyway.” - "Here’s the testimony of one person with addiction, reported in Maia Szalavitz’s book [_Unbroken Brain_](https://books.google.com/books?id=4yJ3CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false): “I can remember many, many times driving down to the projects telling myself, ‘You don’t want to do this! You don’t want to do this!’ But I’d do it anyway.”
- Ethos - Ethos