The Battle between your Present and Future Self (with further reading links)

You now says 'no more porn', but, You later says 'porn!'

We're all well aware of this discrepancy as it's one of the reasons why we're here. We want to stick to our better judgement but it's like we're a whole different person because we no longer feel the fear that prompted the resolve to change ourselves and our sexual behaviour.

This video and the links below may shed some further light on this issue.



Further reading:

• Akrasia (going against your better judgement): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia
• How to do what you want: Akrasia and Self-Binding: http://blog.beeminder.com/akrasia/