21: Self-Control and the Judgment of Our Future Self

 

Exploring the nature of self-control, the connection it has to empathy and the picture we have of our ideal self. Reading from The Atlantic article “Self-Control is Just Empathy with Your Future Self” by Ed Yong. Just as we get trapped in the present of a narrow perspective, so our future can become similarly limited.

Further Reading:

Empathy: How We Form Our Relationships

Human Nature: An Issue of Inheritance

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