“Scarcity” by Eldar Sharif

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Scarcity is having less than you feel you need
Subjective expansion of time is when we process more information than usual
Lonely people do better at reading the emotions of others
Being poor, literally lowers the application of intelligence
We do not think about trade-offs if there is slack in our budget
Abundance makes it difficult to understand alternatives
Poor people lifted out of poverty may not immediately fall back but often do if there is still not slack in their system
Design programs with failures in mind
Firefighting leads to dropping important, not-urgent items
More time does not equal more bandwidth
Driving hands-free is almost as dangerous as driving on the phone
Avoid trade-off thinking
Scarcity often starts with abundance

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