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I often think about those studies I’ve read about, where they give kindergarteners a cookie, and tell them that if they eat it right away, they will get only that cookie, but that if they wait five minutes, they will get an additional cookie. I think about that, and I imagine 23-year-old me in the same experiment, being handed the first cookie and then cramming it hastily into my mouth before the scientist can even finish the offer about the potential second cookie.