Time is not money
Thinking about it makes you a better person, not a worse one
“THE love of money”, St Paul memorably wrote to his protégé Timothy, “is the root of all evil.” “All” may be putting it a bit strongly, but dozens of psychological studies have indeed shown that people primed to think about money before an experiment are more likely to lie, cheat and steal during the course of that experiment.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Time is not money”
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