Ashton Coghlan
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Ashton Coghlan
@ashtoncoghlan.bsky.social
Product Management, Design Systems @ Verizon
Loss aversion follows a U‑shaped path across adulthood—decreasing in early adulthood but rising again from mid‑life onward:

Young: loss looms large → play it safe

Mid‑life: loss aversion dips → bolder bets

Elderly (60+): cortex thins, loss aversion spikes → back to caution.
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People bet* differently at different stages of their lives. That's not just because of experience, but also due to physical changes in our brains.

*using Annie Duke's definition of a bet as a "decision that carries risk"
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our dog walker sends fantastic daily updates of her walks with our dog Pepper. But Apple “intelligence” sucks the joy out of them. Can I turn off text summaries for a subset of contacts?
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Stop complaining about cloud computing prices. Just build apps nobody use. Super cheap.
December 1, 2024 at 8:53 PM