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#327 - Transformative Experiences

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Distance in Decision Making

We're not strictly rational with respect to how we discount the importance of our future states of self. There's nobody who has a greater opportunity to ensure that the happiness of your future self, then your current self. And yet, it's all too common for us to hyperbolicly discount the significance of all of those effects.

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