The Importance of Temporal Discount Rates

"I think he's 100 correct that just having a pure discount rate of any percent is ridiculous" "The older I've gotten the more I've realized this things that 20 year old me would have valued and would have wanted for 40 year old me they're not the same" "There are things that younger you and current you and future you probably unequivocally will agree on kind of like with the society thing of clean drinking water but basic health" 'If your temporal discounting follows any curve other than the exponential you'll have time inconsistent goals that force you to wage war against your future selves'