Tierney offers many examples, oen from studies, that show what happens when people lose willpower and become vulnerable because they are mentally depleted. As noted in the essay though, postdoctoral...

Tierney offers many examples, oen from studies, that show what happens when people lose willpower and become vulnerable because they are mentally depleted. As noted in the essay though, postdoctoral fellow Jean Twenge seems aware of this vulnerability, at least in retrospect: “By the end, you could have talked me into anything” (par. 8). To what extent does this example challenge Tierney’s assumption that few people are even aware of mental depletion? If more people were aware of it, why and how might that matter?