When a self-aware, present-biased individual invests in a commitment device that will bind him in the future, he will resent that commitment device when the future becomes the present.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Rationale: The whole point of the commitment device is to force an action in the future that is judged to be worthwhile now but known to no longer be thought worthwhile when the future becomes the present.

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