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812 People who always agree to plans three weeks out but cancel the day before aren’t flaky, the future version of them keeps signing contracts the present version can’t afford

Silicon Canals
Editorial team @ Silicon Canals · 05/11/2026 02:15 EDT

People who always agree to plans three weeks out but cancel the day before aren’t flaky, the future version of them keeps signing contracts the present version can’t afford

Chronic cancellers aren't flaky — they're paying the price of a contract their future self signed without consulting their present capacity. The psychology of temporal discounting explains why.

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