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A behavioral economist might say Doolittle is making sophisticated use of precommitment, the technique of acting in advance to make an unwanted choice impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

How can you use precommitment to keep yourself from giving in to unwanted desires?

From Time • Jul. 24, 2015

Necessity being the mother of invention, he invented history's first precommitment device.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2011

That's why truly binding precommitment devices are so interesting.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2011

Their attorney insisted that the children should not have been committed simply on the say so of their parents, and demanded various precommitment safeguards, including a hearing.

From Time Magazine Archive