40.What is lock in effect

40.What is "lock in effect"?
There is a word called "lock in". What does it mean? Recently, a definition of "lock-in" is that "your choices in the future will be limited by your choices today."
You see, what a beautiful and concise definition. This definition actually reminds us of a truth.
We usually say that it's never too late for people to make changes. We also say that it doesn't matter if they are ridiculous when they are young, and they will mature when they are old.
Of course, all of these principles are correct. But from the perspective of "lock-in effect" today, although it is not too late for people to make changes, the later it is, the more difficult it is.
Of course, when you are young, you can try all kinds of things, but every time you try, there is a cost. The cost is that your choice now will limit your choice in the future.
Maybe our food preferences are locked in before the age of 10. Our cultural identity is locked in after adolescence.
On the one hand, people have free will, which is a truth. There is a "lock-in effect" in life. This is another truth.
什么是“锁定效应”？
有一个词叫“锁定”，什么意思呢？最近，关于“锁定”的一个定义，就是，“你将来的选择将受到你今天的选择的限制。”
你看，多漂亮简洁的一个定义。这个定义其实提醒了我们一个真相。
我们通常都说，人什么时候做改变都不晚，我们还说，年轻的时候荒唐一点没关系，岁数大了人就成熟了。
这些道理，当然都对了，但是从今天我们说的“锁定效应”这个角度来看，人虽然什么时候做改变都不晚，但是越晚做改变当然就越难。
人年轻的时候当然可以做各种各样的尝试，但是每一次尝试都是有成本的，这个成本就是，你现在的选择会限制你未来的选择。
也许，我们的食物偏好，在十岁之前就“锁定”了。我们的文化认同，在青春期之后就“锁定”了。
一方面，人是有自由意志的，这是一种真相。人生有“锁定效应”，这是另外一种真相啊。
重点词汇
There is 有
lock in 把…锁在屋里
in the future 今后
us of a United Steelworkers of America 美国钢铁工人联合会 ; United Synagogue of America 美国犹太人教会联合会
too late 为时已晚 ; 过迟
Of course 当然，自然 ; 当然 ; 当然不
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