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> We're good at focusing on our long-term greed and hunger over short-term greed and hunger. If that were true, the modern world centered around consumerism wo
by linearrust 2y ago
> We're good at focusing on our long-term greed and hunger over short-term greed and hunger.
If that were true, the modern world centered around consumerism wouldn't exist. We wouldn't have the obesity epidemic, environmental degradation or the genocide of dozens of native nations. Feels like short-term thinking where it's at.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoI think in this case “good” simply means better than other animals.