[palmotea]

> Unfortunately it’s becoming more obvious that “short-term” is all we really have in this world. There is no long term.

That's definitely not true. It sounds like a rationalization for the existing bad and unwise behavior.

> So why plan for long term? Life is a series of short-term wins until you finally die.

So, dump the untreated toxic waste into the river, then?

> Same with companies. Things change so fast now that you could be crushing it one year and going out of business the next. It’s not like old days where you could setup a blacksmithing shop and have business for generations.

Maybe if you're in some startup, but that's not the usual case.

> Results now are way better than results later.

So be "very proud [for taking] home a salary for about two hours of work per day following up with contractors, then heading to the gym and making social plans."?

[pixl97]

>That's definitely not true. It sounds like a rationalization for the existing bad and unwise behavior.

You seem to miss that companies that think quarter to quarter behave just like this.

>So, dump the untreated toxic waste into the river, then?

You mean like the current administration that's trying to get rid of the EPA?

[palmotea]

>> That's definitely not true. It sounds like a rationalization for the existing bad and unwise behavior.

> You seem to miss that companies that think quarter to quarter behave just like this.

Did I miss that, or was I commenting on that exact thing?

>> So, dump the untreated toxic waste into the river, then?

> You mean like the current administration that's trying to get rid of the EPA?

What's your point with that political derail? It's honestly baffling.

[yifanl]

It's not just a political derail to bring up a highly-visible example of the described behaviour. People don't care if they aren't forced to care, and in a world driven by deadlines, we're only motivated to care a certain amount.

There used to be an intrinsic motivator of "well, my kids are going to suffer if I don't push for long-term relationships", but now we aren't having kids, so that carrot doesn't work, and that attitude is bubbling up into the corporate world.

[UnreachableCode]

>bring up a highly-visible example

Sure, but let's be clear, we shouldn't be taking any lessons from the Trump regime on how to live in virtually any aspect in one's life. If anything they're a shining example of everything not to do.