An Introduction to Longtermism
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An Introduction to Longtermism
Long time horizons change our incentives, usually in good ways. This is one of the core findings of game theory: people treat each other better when they intend to interact repeatedly in the future.
perell.com • Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell
Rather than thinking on a scale of seconds, days and months, we should extend our time horizons to encompass decades, centuries and millennia. Only then would we be able to truly respect and honour the generations to come.
Roman Krznaric • The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
Having debunked the tragedy of the commons, they now were trying to direct our attention to what they called the tragedy of the time horizon. Meaning we can’t imagine the suffering of the people of the future, so nothing much gets done on their behalf. What we do now creates damage that hits decades later, so we don’t charge ourselves for it, and
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