No matter how hard we try, humans are generally short-sighted.
If we need to make a decision and the negative consequences are far into the future, we are often guilty of missing the big picture. The evidence is both personal and global: we love to procrastinate; we eat unhealthy food; we damage the environment, and we take on too much debt.
Key takeaways:
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1 in 3 children between the ages of 6 and 15 are currently out of school in Northern Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s brain drain problem could have a negative impact on GDP, even after accounting for remittances.
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65% of the money Nigeria will borrow in 2022 will be spent on the petrol subsidy—debt that future generations will have to pay.
A study from the University of California, using images of the brain, concluded that when you think of your future self, your brain acts as if you are
