“Because we were born as hunters, we have a genetic craving to know where the track leads and what lies at the end of it. We have an appetite for the future that is as persistent as our appetite for food or sex. To say that it’s genetic is of course to propose a theory, but again I see nothing implausible in it. The hunter who’s not only hungry but avid to know the future is certainly going to have an edge over the hunter who’s just hungry.”
