Psychology
Why your future self feels like a stranger
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When you think about yourself thirty years from now, your brain activity perfectly mirrors how it looks when thinking about a complete stranger. This profound cognitive disconnect is exactly why we wildly procrastinate and make terrible long-term choices. To your immediate consciousness, your future self is basically just some random person who will eventually have to deal with your mess.
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