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by jhylands 979 days ago
You can convert this to the expected value in the way you would a financial outcome.

The expected value is value times probability. And then the time aspect is just discounting future value back to today, like you would a cashflow. Your impulsiveness is then how much you discount tomorrow vs today.

(Expectancy * value)*(impulsiveness)^time

This way you can put a number on your impulsiveness probably from 1.001 to 2