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by simplify 359 days ago
Yes. Humans in general are very bad at dealing with delayed consequences.
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LargeWu 359 days ago
Typically because there are entrenched financial interests incentivized not to change.
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bell-cot 359 days ago
And because our brains evolved in very different environments - where serious hidden delayed consequences were very rare, and life was short & cheap.
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