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we have a general inability to deal with long-term, insidious effects of all kinds. This holds for covid, it holds for global warming, it holds for economics (s

by bllguo 6y ago

we have a general inability to deal with long-term, insidious effects of all kinds. This holds for covid, it holds for global warming, it holds for economics (see US shortsightedness w.r.t the semiconductor industry). It's baked into the political system and into our culture. People have far too simplistic a relationship with time.

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
> People have far too simplistic a relationship with time This sounds like projection. I think humanity has a very complicated relationship with time and does handle long-term risk more than you're giving credit.