Psychology of previous investment
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The phrase psychology of previous investment was coined by James Howard Kunstler[1] to describe the sunk costs of the modern urban/suburban lifestyle. It is the reluctance to abandon technologies and standards of urban infrastructure into which humans have already made substantial investments, and is seen as a major contributor to modern energy crises.[2] The term was applied to the reluctance to abandon territories facing sea level rise such as in Florida.[3]
