Hyperbolic discounting is how we steeply — and irrationally — prefer a smaller reward now over a bigger one later, especially when 'now' is actually on offer. Examples:
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Nine more minutes now beats the larger reward of a calm, unrushed morning.
The thing now feels worth far more than the future bill it creates.
Comfort today is overweighted against fitness later — every single day.
Future-you 'should' start; present-you wants Netflix now, and present-you keeps winning.
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