Dang. The book had a bunch of appendixes (appendices?) at the back, so I finished it long before I expected to. I hate that. I'll have to keep an eye open for Sway.

He just skims the surface, but a couple of things really resonated with me. Like the unwillingness to "close doors", even when it's obvious that cutting out one option is the best thing to do. People hate to restrict their options, even when there are too many of them and the only rational or even possible thing to do is to commit to one of them. Whether it's choosing a career or a partner or just a virtual door in a computer game - or in my case, a sport or activity - we would often rather waste time and effort bouncing back and forth keeping all doors open for as long as possible rather than sinking our efforts into one choice.

Very interesting reading, especially for all us creatures of habit!