Bjørn Lomborg
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
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Are You Consistent With the Discount Rate?
"You can't just say, the future is important. It's important across all areas," he says. "And then you really have to do everything, and you forego having a good life." He argues that people discount the future because they cannot predict how their actions will affect it. The error in prediction magnifies itself as you move out farther in time frame.
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