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I don't get to meet the people who spend time on HN. But I'm curious: who doesn't see the value in _critically_ reading long-term thinking over a wide range of
by xpe 3y ago
I don't get to meet the people who spend time on HN. But I'm curious: who doesn't see the value in _critically_ reading long-term thinking over a wide range of future scenarios?
Too busy coding? Reading about something for _your_ career? In service of _your_ family? Trying to get ahead? Yeah, I get it. But tell me: isn't thinking long-term worth something akin to a few hours a month?
You don't need to be doom-and-gloom about it. Sure, get stuff done. Be in the moment. All good.
Wouldn't it be nice to have some confidence that we're setting up future generations to have the possibility to at least have what we do, if not better?
P.S. FWIW, the morality of valuing future generations is _not_ properly addressed by most moral philosophies.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y ago> isn't thinking long-term worth something akin to a few hours a month? > Wouldn't it be nice to have some confidence that we're setting up future generations to have the possibility to at least have what we do This presupposes that you have some control of the long-term. You don't, any more than the flap of a butterfly's wings in Melbourne affects the velocity of the wind in NYC several weeks later.
- aik 3y agoTell that to the millions of individual humans that have advanced humanity in some way or another for the past tens of thousands of years, through some discovery or invention or inspiring groups of people to do something great.