The second, the unchangeability bias, is the idea that when we face large decisions that seem to be immutable (getting married, having kids, moving to a distant place), the permanence of these decisions makes them seem even larger and more frightening.

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For BlackBerry to stake a claim on even a distant third place spot, it doesn't just have to finally measure up to Android and iOS, it has to convince those growing more tired every day that the waiting is finally over.

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Sony and Nintendo pretty much have it locked up now, but Sega Enterprises could come out of a distant third place to give them a serious challenge.

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Has the distant future become the latest place to make a financial killing?

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In the face of continuing warfare in Cambodia, many Americans have chosen to turn away from the conflict there, viewing that unfortunate nation as a distant place of permanent pain.

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The right place to start is with a common vision not of some distant future but of the world we seek for our children and our grandchildren.

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Some, for example, were built at such a distant remove from the centres of commerce that villagers exhausted their daily earnings travelling to and from their place of work.

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