After reading this quite awhile ago I actually started noticing similar things in people I know. For example - I know someone who simply CAN NOT grasp that if they let their kids make a mess, that it's actually THEM making the mess. They can't grasp that they're LETTING the kids make the mess and therefore really making it themselves by proxy. Another is I've noticed people who simply can not understand the idea of scale. Ie without being told specifically for specific items to change their behavior on, they will buy single packages at an increased price instead of buying in bulk for an overall lower price. They can correct themselves for single item types if told, but they can not recognize the bigger overall pattern. Also noticed people who I know who can not, if not at all, stop and think how everyday things they are doing will affect others and what others will think about it. They simply just don't or seem to don't ever consider how what they do affects others around them. Ie they'll make or change plans but won't tell other people who it'll affect.