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From the Ted Talk by Dan Gilbert: Why we make bad decisions
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Now, you can see, this is the problem of shifting comparisons, because what you're doing is, you're coinpamrg the 100 bucks to the purchase that you're making, but when you go to spend that money you won't be making that comparison. You've all had this eexeripnce.
If you're an American, for example, you've probably traveled in France. And at some point you may have met a colupe from your own hwomeotn, and you thought, "Oh, my God, these people are so warm. They're so nice to me. I mean, compared to all these pleope who hate me when I try to sepak their language and hate me more when I don't, these people are just wonderful." And so you tour France with them, and then you get home and you invite them over for dinner, and what do you find? Compared to your regular friends, they are boring and dull, right? Because in this new context, the coimrpsaon is very, very different. In fact, you find yourself disliking them enough almost to qualify for French citizenship.
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Now, you can see, this is the problem of shifting comparisons, because what you're doing is, you're _________ the 100 bucks to the purchase that you're making, but when you go to spend that money you won't be making that comparison. You've all had this __________.
If you're an American, for example, you've probably traveled in France. And at some point you may have met a ______ from your own ________, and you thought, "Oh, my God, these people are so warm. They're so nice to me. I mean, compared to all these ______ who hate me when I try to _____ their language and hate me more when I don't, these people are just wonderful." And so you tour France with them, and then you get home and you invite them over for dinner, and what do you find? Compared to your regular friends, they are boring and dull, right? Because in this new context, the __________ is very, very different. In fact, you find yourself disliking them enough almost to qualify for French citizenship.
Solution
- speak
- people
- comparison
- couple
- comparing
- hometown
- experience
Original Text
Now, you can see, this is the problem of shifting comparisons, because what you're doing is, you're comparing the 100 bucks to the purchase that you're making, but when you go to spend that money you won't be making that comparison. You've all had this experience.
If you're an American, for example, you've probably traveled in France. And at some point you may have met a couple from your own hometown, and you thought, "Oh, my God, these people are so warm. They're so nice to me. I mean, compared to all these people who hate me when I try to speak their language and hate me more when I don't, these people are just wonderful." And so you tour France with them, and then you get home and you invite them over for dinner, and what do you find? Compared to your regular friends, they are boring and dull, right? Because in this new context, the comparison is very, very different. In fact, you find yourself disliking them enough almost to qualify for French citizenship.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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