Ten years. One clock. Every trap.
You start at 18 with $750. Every year throws a money decision at you, and if you freeze, the easy choice wins by default.
Ten years of money choices, live
You're 18 with $750. Each year a decision pops up with a trap baked in. If you freeze, the easy default picks for you.
Why each year was a setup
Hyperbolic Discounting
Now-you keeps robbing future-you.
You want stuff now and barely care about later. Future-you feels like a stranger.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Throwing more money at something just because you already did.
You keep paying/playing because of what you ALREADY spent, even when quitting is obviously the smarter move. The past money is gone either way.
Loss Aversion
Losing $20 ruins your week. Finding $20 is just "neat."
Losing something feels about twice as bad as gaining the same thing feels good. So you fight harder to keep stuff than to get it.
