Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

In article <loctfjF6l90U3@mid.individual.net>,
rbowman  <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

I can never remember if high time preference or low time preference is the
one that thinks '$100 today is better than a tomorrow that may never come'
but it does seem to be the dominant philosophy.

 That's high time preference.  From
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167739X21004982:
 "Someone with a high time preference is highly focused on their well-being
in the present and the immediate future (a 'today person'), whereas
someone with a low time preference places more emphasis on their well-being
in the more distant future (a 'tomorrow person')."