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> The tool that has been effective at getting a large number of people to make choices that favor long-term outcomes over short-term ones is culture. I'm not s

> The tool that has been effective at getting a large number of people to make choices that favor long-term outcomes over short-term ones is culture. I'm not sure about that. Seems like most developed countries, with all their different cultures, are following the obesity trend. Obesity became more accepted after it got more common (because shaming every obese person became non-viable), it seems, not the other way around.

munificent 8y ago
> Seems like most developed countries, with all their different cultures, are following the obesity trend. Well, sure. But I don't think it's useful to compare obesity in one country that has a surplus of easily available food with other countries that don't. Hypothermia is rare in Samoa, but I don't think Sweden can learn much from them about that fact.