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Well resisting temptation is hard, as the 19th century English economist Nassau William Senior said, "To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will."

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Now consider a situation in which the motors stay off, the fly continues on its path and it suffers some painful consequence such as getting zapped.

It's too painful.

And this is why I like to talk about this, because if we don't acknowledge it, then the transition will be pretty painful.

And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.

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