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"According to several studies, people's brains function differently when they perceive or anticipate scarcity. More specifically, people get dumber: One study found that when subjects simply thought about a big bill that would strain their finances, their cognitive abilities plummeted by an average of 14 IQ points - a similar deficit to pulling an all-nighter." -- Charlotte Cowles (@charlottecowles), "The Fear of Losing It All", 2019-03-21