summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md')
-rw-r--r--content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md b/content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md
index f9f5e87..e7a8a1b 100644
--- a/content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md
+++ b/content/entry/re-atomic-habits.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ One big idea that was mentioned in the book but not expanded on is that we need
To take just a single example: you as an individual cannot stop stores from promoting the tempting junk food to you that they're economically incentivized to promote over more healthy options that you wish you bought instead. To implement that change would require collective action, whether it be by voting, boycott, or whatever else.
-It often happens to be the case that getting people to develop certain bad habits (such as overconsumption) is highly profitable, creating a [race to the bottom](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_bottom "Race to the bottom") for human well being. The economic incentives are such that refusing to promote profitable bad habits in the population could cause one's business to be outcompeted by an amoral competitor.
+It often happens to be the case that getting people to develop certain bad habits (such as overconsumption) is highly profitable, creating a [race to the bottom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_bottom "Race to the bottom") for human well being. The economic incentives are such that refusing to promote profitable bad habits in the population could cause one's business to be outcompeted by an amoral competitor.
It's difficult to organize collectively against these economic incentives because the rich write the laws. Barring comprehensive changes in existing economic or political systems, I predict that it will continue to get more difficult to maintain good habits and avoid bad ones, [regardless of any individual efforts made](/2023/09/10/individual-vs-collective-advice/ "Individual vs Collective Advice").