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In psychology (or behavioral economics) you might hear people talking about "hyperbolic discounting", which is basically the fancy version of "something now is
by JoelMarsh 14y ago
In psychology (or behavioral economics) you might hear people talking about "hyperbolic discounting", which is basically the fancy version of "something now is better than something later".
This can also have the effect of making your new idea seem better than doing the same thing next year.
This article is hyperbolic discounting in action, and it is irrational. He has actively changed his method so he gets to feel the rush more often, which also inherently maximizes his impulsiveness.
However, I don't think an article called "Be as impulsive as possible" would have the same ring to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting
- gabemart 14y agoI think you're failing to take into account the author's thesis that an idea not put into action within a reasonable time frame "rots". From my reading of the article, this happens either because i) so much navel-gazing, planning and refining goes into the idea over time that it becomes intimidating to actually start, or ii) the idea is simply on-hold perpetually, and is never actually realized. In other words, I don't think the author is saying "something now is better than something later". I think he's saying "something now is better than nothing later", or at least, "the certainty of something now is better than the slim possibility of something later".