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It is a well-established Achilles’ heel of human civilization that individuals are more motivated by immediate private reward than by long-term, coll… - Daniel H. Wilson
" "It is a well-established Achilles’ heel of human civilization that individuals are more motivated by immediate private reward than by long-term, collective future benefits. This effect is particularly evident when considering payoffs that will take longer than a generation to arrive—a phenomenon called intragenerational discounting.
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Daniel H. Wilson (born March 6, 1978) is an American author, television host and robotics engineer.
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It has been subsequently theorized that our species’ seeming inability to focus on long-term existential threats will inexorably lead to the destruction of our environment, overpopulation, and resource exhaustion. It is therefore not an uncommon belief among economists that this inborn deficit represents a sort of built-in timer for the self-destruction of human civilization.
Sadly, all the evidence of world history supports this theory.
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