stackyFACTSThe banking industry owes its entire existence to your brain's inability to process abstract concepts.
The banking industry owes its entire existence to your brain's inability to process abstract concepts. Behavioral economists call it 'payment coupling'—when you hand over physical cash, the pain center of your brain lights up. When you swipe a little plastic card? Nothing. It feels like free money right up until the moment your statement arrives with a 24% APR attached to it. Congratulations, you've been hacked by Visa.
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