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HKH2 | 1 month ago

Society depends on long-term 'happiness'. Short-term 'happiness' often makes society worse.

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fsckboy|1 month ago

what you are actually saying is that a certain class of people "know better" than what another class thinks they want.

If you look at financial markets and finance theory, there is no validity to the idea that people are long term blind and short term mistaken. markets discount the future, they are the best estimates of the future rather than somebody with no skin in the game magically "knowing better"

Quarrelsome|1 month ago

> they are the best estimates of the future

its plausible for companies to be worth less than their assets. While it might be the best estimate its still not necessarily the best one. aka the market can stay crazy longer than you can stay solvent. Markets measure confidence as much as they measure value.

HKH2|1 month ago

What about externalities? What about policy makers going after short-term gains?