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None of those are distant benefits. The person who dies for “ideals” are mostly driven by false claims[0] about the nature of the afterlife. Improving your ch
by sjwright 7y ago
None of those are distant benefits.
The person who dies for “ideals” are mostly driven by false claims[0] about the nature of the afterlife.
Improving your child’s outcomes is a biologically preset desire.
Saving for retirement is still ultimately in one’s immediate self interest.
Producing theoretical research has the immediate benefit of recognition in their fields and the possibility of a “lottery win” outcome.
Saving for retirement is
- sjwright 7y agoOops, don't know how I managed to submit that without finishing it. Oh well, I'll throw in my footnote anyway: [0] More precisely, claims they can't know to be true. (And are also almost certainly false.)