In small numbers, anyway.
People will take a smaller reward now vs a larger reward at a later time. The companies trying to sell you stuff are well aware of this.
Congratulations, mankind. The pinnacle of human achievement occurred 39 years ago.
Shouldn’t we have put a man on Mars and cured cancer by now? Shouldn’t we all be zooming around in our zero-emissions flying cars while being waited on by our robot servants?
Here we are on our warming planet, still fighting each other over stupid things while our fellow humans die of starvation and disease. On this 39th anniversary of the moon landing you’ve got to wonder, if we put a man on the Moon in 1969, then why is the world still a terrible mess in 2008?
We aren’t made happy by the things we think will make us happy.
That news is stressing me out. Pass the donuts.
I’m just not ambitious and motivated enough for that to happen to me.
Countries with policies like universal health care, high wages, strong unions, and a large social safety net have the happiest people.
Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest.
Source amnesia can lead people to forget whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer, people often later remember it as true.
Get ready for more Viagra commercials.
Seems kind of obvious … especially during the last 7 and a half years.