(Video) The Psychology of Your Future Self (ain’t what ya think, kiddo)

We plot. We plan. A host of subtle beliefs underly those schemes. Example: our future self reflects a sorta polished version of our current self. Ummmm, errrr, no SherlockReena!

The culprit? “A fundamental misapprehension of time.”

Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self | TED Talk