Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place in the World
“Populations that have remained in locations over long periods of time... have shared a past and expect to share a future. They expect their children and their grandchildren to inherit their land. In other words, their discount rates are low. If costly investments are made at one point in time, they or their families are likely to reap the benefits... See more
Spencer R. Scott • Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place in the World
Elinor Ostrom via Spencer R Scott
There is a social cost to early-moving because all our reward systems are baked into those preexisting mutually reinforcing frames. When we adopt a new frame (e.g. “the climate crisis is an emergency worth our sustained attention”) we put at risk any reward systems in conflict with our new frame.