Adam Brown: commitment

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…How do you model the motivations of people who pick you up? What are they getting out of this? I think it's different for different people. I think about 20% of people will just always pick up hitchhikers no matter what. Even if I was dressed very differently and presented very different, I think some people would just pick people up no matter what. I basically fall into that category now. It's hard coded into my brain that I will 100% pick up hitchhikers always under all circumstances. Just because enough people have generously picked me up down the years that I just feel as though it's my duty and sort of not subject to a cost benefit analysis. Just it's in there. Many other people are evaluating you and just trying to decide what you're in for. Some people are lonely and want somebody to talk to. Some people have just a spirit of adventure and find it exciting to pick people up. Certainly it's not a representative cross section of people. I would say there's definitely a selection bias in who picks you up. They tend to be more open and more risk tolerant. And what was your motivation for that? Were you just in need of a car or what was going on?…

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