there is actually a hard limit on how low time preference can go
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you need at least enough time preference to survive
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the stabler the environment becomes, the lower time preference an individual can maintain
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corollary, that the less stable an environment becomes your time preferences must necessarily rise as well to remain optimally oriented
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this same reasoning can be applied to the distribution of r/K reproductive species in an environment
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it is imperative to reform humanity to its point of maximum low time preference/K-selectedness
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Replying to @ne0agent1c
You can have a time preference lower than needed for survival, you just need some sort of altruistic utility function.
10:37 AM - 31 Aug 2020
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