Yes, I’m familiar with ‘turtles all the way down’ in general. For this question of finding the ideal time-slice to focus on, it’s the second link (Seth Baum’s post) that is relevant. He addresses the issue of an indefinitely postponed splurge—the idea that you might always have to wait before consuming goods by countering that we are consuming all of the time, just by staying alive.
That’s a philosophical counter but I could also just give a more practical one—there are plenty of other people who will fuel consumption. If you think that the future is neglected, then you don’t need to have an exact plan for when consumption should occur in order to invest in it.
Yes, I’m familiar with ‘turtles all the way down’ in general. For this question of finding the ideal time-slice to focus on, it’s the second link (Seth Baum’s post) that is relevant. He addresses the issue of an indefinitely postponed splurge—the idea that you might always have to wait before consuming goods by countering that we are consuming all of the time, just by staying alive.
That’s a philosophical counter but I could also just give a more practical one—there are plenty of other people who will fuel consumption. If you think that the future is neglected, then you don’t need to have an exact plan for when consumption should occur in order to invest in it.
Thanks, noted. That makes sense.