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The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road.
Velocity itself became the dominating characteristic of the world’s quicksilver economy. “We are moving from a world in which the big eat the small,” remarked Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum, “to a world in which the fast eat the slow.”
The Clock of the Long Now
Stewart Brand
Early on, the idea of lugging around some big clunking phone would have seemed like the world’s stupidest idea. Kurzweil would often smile wryly at this. Because soon, people found they couldn’t imagine life without these things. And then they would say, “Ahh, that’s not really a big deal; it’s been around for years.” They feel that way because of something called recency bias, the sense that a new thing is quickly perceived as old hat because it’s become so indispensable.
Immortality, Inc.
Chip Walter
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