I will sometimes have an activity rich with hedons available to me, but I will instead watch TV and settle for the meager trickle of hedons it provides.
Is there a time-horizon aspect to this behavior? (That is, can it be explained by saying that highly enjoyable activities with some start-up time are deferred in favor of flopping on the couch and grabbing the remote control?)
Is there a time-horizon aspect to this behavior? (That is, can it be explained by saying that highly enjoyable activities with some start-up time are deferred in favor of flopping on the couch and grabbing the remote control?)
Smiling is an example of hedonistic activity with no start-up time.