Love how this quietly overturn the whole willpower story. Odysseus didn't out-discipline the Sirens. He rearranged his environment in advance so discipline was never the thing being tested.

Pre-commitment works precisely because it moves the decision out of the moment of weakness and into an earlier, sober hand. You don't fight the song, you build a structure that meets it with rope instead of resolve.

The horror you name, watching yourself want the thing that will destroy you, is exactly why the fix can't live inside the wanting. It has to be built outside it, before. Enjoyable read. 🌿