29 September 2024 - long-term thinking

You are eating ice cream on a hot day when a grocery delivery arrives with a critical resupply of ice cream. Do you eat your ice cream before it melts, or do you bring in your ice cream before it melts? Easy one: Humans never evolved long-term thinking, so you eat your ice cream and let your groceries perish, just like you will later when you realize you didn't plan for retirement.