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Sunday, December 31, 2017

An Exercise in Cognitive Dissonance

This is one of the things I love about Indonesia. Every Sunday, the central park in Renon is devoted to sports and exercise. Hundreds, even thousands of people come to the park to walk or run or ride bikes. Indonesians are very big on exercise. But that's not the part I like. What I like is seeing them at the nearby Starbucks, replete in exercise tights and Reeboks, taking a break to smoke. Cognitive dissonance doesn't seem to be an issue. It is simply the case that they like to exercise and they also like to smoke. Much like me, minus the exercise part.

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