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No Stupid Questions

78. Why Do We Put Things Off Until the Very Last Minute?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Also: what does your name say about who you are?

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0:00.0

What the hell are you doing here?

0:04.1

I'm Angela Duckworth.

0:06.4

I'm Stephen Dobner.

0:07.4

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

0:11.1

Today on the show, what does your level of punctuality say about you?

0:15.4

It's an early arriving arms race.

0:17.9

Also, what does your name say about your personal history?

0:21.6

Smith might have meant you came from a family of blacksmiths.

0:24.9

I'm married to a Duckworth.

0:26.3

Is that like...

0:27.8

Duck Farmert?

0:30.2

Angela, a listener named Kaelin has written with a question.

0:40.1

And I cannot wait to see how you answered this question.

0:42.6

I cannot wait to see what Kaelin's question was.

0:45.3

It feels like a very Angie question.

0:47.3

In that, it seems like a problem you would not have.

0:50.9

Okay.

0:51.9

Kaelin writes to say, hi, an SKU.

0:54.9

I volunteer with a compost drop-off program.

0:58.4

And usually, the hours are 8am to 12 noon.

1:02.1

But sometimes, we extend to 1pm.

1:04.9

Whether the drop-off ends at noon or 1pm, I've noticed that people, often the same ones,

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