You 2.0: Your Future Is Now

Hal Hershfield, a psychologist at UCLA, dives into the intriguing link between our present and future selves. He discusses the challenges of committing to future goals like saving money or improving health. Hershfield introduces Ulysses Pacts as a tool to help mitigate temptations. He also highlights the importance of emotionally connecting with our future selves to enhance decision-making. Techniques like visual aging and accountability measures are explored to encourage better choices today that benefit tomorrow.