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Written by Cory Doctorow on 2024-09-04 at 17:08

My latest column for @Locusmag is "Marshmallow Longtermism"; it's a reflection on how conservatives self-mythologize as standards-bearers for deferred gratification and hard trade-offs, but are utterly lacking in these traits when it comes to climate change and inequality:

https://locusmag.com/2024/09/cory-doctorow-marshmallow-longtermism/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/04/deferred-gratification/#selective-foresight

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Written by Jörg Knappen on 2024-09-04 at 20:07

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Eine großartige Kolumne, die nicht nur das berühmte Marshmallow-Experiment entzaubert, sondern auch viel über das Wesen des Konservativismus und die Männer, die die Welt verbrennen, enthält.

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