The Good Times Paradox

It could rightfully be argued that the single greatest human survival adaptation that we have developed is our ability to plan far into the future. Almost every other form of life on this planet very much lives moment-to-moment or in the very near term (with some notable exceptions – huge shout out to nut-burying rodents). This species adaptation has paid multi-year, multi-decade, and even multi-generational dividends. It led to the creation of language, to agriculture, livestock farming, home and community building, historical records, education, monetary value, business, banking,...

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