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> I don’t think most peoples 25 year old self can really identify what their 85 year old self will be like. Yes, and I believe this is a reason why people make
by mlyle 5y ago
> I don’t think most peoples 25 year old self can really identify what their 85 year old self will be like.
Yes, and I believe this is a reason why people make choices that adversely affect their 50 year old self. Who's that guy in the future going to be? Why should I care about making it better for him?
- Retric 5y agoYou could say the same thing about people drinking heavily only to wake up the next day with a massive hangover. So it isn’t the differences between them that’s causing people to screw over their future self.
- mlyle 5y agoI can't comprehend 1000-year-from-now me. I don't think I would take many actions to improve life for 1000-year-from-now me even if I knew I could live millennia. Doing so does not buy me any comfort today and does not let me "give" to any person that I identify with or recognize as part of me. I can imagine time scales on a par with how long I've lived and to a lesser extent to the ages of people I identify with. (500 year from now me would see the first paragraph as exceptionally foolish... and also inevitable. But that fact doesn't change the truth of what I'm saying).
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