This shouldn't be a surprise really, the human brain does not have the capability to coherently reason and act consistently over long time and distance horizons.
We're just not designed to be able to take third and fourth order effects into consideration in our day to day decisions at scale.
Just look at the current pandemic and this toilet paper stuff. We smoke, we drink alcohol, we don't count externalities in our consumption etc... The best thing we can do is build systems that nudge us to making better decisions in the longer term.
We're just not designed to be able to take third and fourth order effects into consideration in our day to day decisions at scale.
Just look at the current pandemic and this toilet paper stuff. We smoke, we drink alcohol, we don't count externalities in our consumption etc... The best thing we can do is build systems that nudge us to making better decisions in the longer term.