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		Feolkin on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Yotta Savings (YC S20) – Behavioral psy... This seems like a very cool way to tap into the dopamine reward system to encourage positive behavior (saving more money). For people who don't have savings and have a very high rate of temporal discounting and high impulsivity, this could be a huge deal. Looking forward to seeing how this continues to develop.

adammoelis on July 11, 2020 [–]

Yeah some stats say 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 in an emergency, but the average household spends $640/yr on the lottery.

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