It once took Nobel-winning economist George Akerlof eight months to ship a package from India to the United States. He later wrote about the mystery of the experience in a paper called, “Procrastination and Obedience.” He realized that procrastination might be more than just a bad habit, and that it could teach useful lessons about subjects as diverse as substance abuse and savings habits. Since then, the study of procrastination has become a significant field in academia. In the book, The Thief of Time, a collection of essays on procrastination, various scholars argue that the tendency raises fundamental philosophical and psychological issues.
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