diff --git a/11ty/definitions/egonomics.md b/11ty/definitions/egonomics.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d649676c --- /dev/null +++ b/11ty/definitions/egonomics.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: egonomics +slug: egonomics +defined: true +excerpt: the investment in time, effort, and money done by people to manage personal and professional online reputations. +speech: noun +reading: + - text: Egonomics, or the Art of Self-Management + href: https://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v68y1978i2p290-94.html +--- + +the investment in time, effort, and money done by people to manage personal and professional online reputations. + +## Origins + +Egonomics is first proposed by Thomas Schelling in his paper "Egonomics, or the Art of Self-Management." + +"Schelling suggested that individuals suffer from a sort of split-personality disorder whereby the present self wants a specific thing (e.g., eating a cookie) but the future or past self wants a different thing (e.g., losing weight). Both selves exist, but do not exist at the same time."[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egonomics).