Let's put it this way - I won't sacrifice something my child needs for the benefit of someone who will be born in the year 10000. I care about that far future p

Let's put it this way - I won't sacrifice something my child needs for the benefit of someone who will be born in the year 10000. I care about that far future person in an abstract way. Maybe I'll buy an electric car and feel a bit better about those future people. But I definitely care more immediately and viscerally for the here and now.