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As a counterpoint, perhaps when the next generation's crop of CEOs begins this anti-aging therapy, it will occur to them that it's prudent to plan ahead a bit f
by slfnflctd 10y ago
As a counterpoint, perhaps when the next generation's crop of CEOs begins this anti-aging therapy, it will occur to them that it's prudent to plan ahead a bit further than the next quarterly profit report.
Right now, your average upper level executive knows they've got maybe 40-50 good years ahead of them before it's game over. In that light, the pervasive mindset of "make as much money as you can as fast as you can, all else be damned" makes some sense, as the cash required to keep them and their loved ones comfortable for life can be realistically obtained in a short time. When you're looking 400+ years in the future, though, that picture changes dramatically. Considering the bigger long-term perspective becomes much more personally, viscerally important.
When I read about projected consequences of climate change, most of the worst ones will be after I'm dead, and it quickly becomes abstract to me. I care, but not nearly as much as I would if I had a reasonable certainty of being stuck here in the middle of all that.