{"blyg":"0.4","id":"2jn7pzmg2vsm60ymckqankx6w8","kind":"fragment","origin":"https://blyg.suryakasturi.com/","page":"f/2jn7pzmg2vsm60ymckqankx6w8/","author":{"name":"Surya Kasturi","url":"https://www.suryakasturi.com"},"created":"2026-10-09T20:02:40Z","updated":"2026-10-09T20:05:29Z","version":1,"content_md":"# The fallacy of living in the anticipated future \n\nHumans living in the moment really bring the best of themselves. \n\nActually, I had not realized short-term thinking has an entirely different connotation until a friend pointed me out about it, and it was one of the best insights I had gathered from others.  It had heard of it before but our discussion made me focus on it. \n\nI live far into the anticipated future with anxiety, but I try to test this model from time to time, and it has worked well, at least appeared to be.\n\nBut it comes at a cost of working toward long-horizon bets, that fundamentally require living in the anticipated future. Ignoring those causes anxiety and does not naturally resonate with many people living in big cities and competitive environments. \n\nWhen we think about building institutions that matter — we could seek to build institutions that bridge over the challenges of humans from living in their present to the preparation they need for the future self.","content_html":"<h1>The fallacy of living in the anticipated future</h1>\n<p>Humans living in the moment really bring the best of themselves.</p>\n<p>Actually, I had not realized short-term thinking has an entirely different connotation until a friend pointed me out about it, and it was one of the best insights I had gathered from others.  It had heard of it before but our discussion made me focus on it.</p>\n<p>I live far into the anticipated future with anxiety, but I try to test this model from time to time, and it has worked well, at least appeared to be.</p>\n<p>But it comes at a cost of working toward long-horizon bets, that fundamentally require living in the anticipated future. Ignoring those causes anxiety and does not naturally resonate with many people living in big cities and competitive environments.</p>\n<p>When we think about building institutions that matter — we could seek to build institutions that bridge over the challenges of humans from living in their present to the preparation they need for the future self.</p>\n","content_hash":"sha256:ba166c61e452d95c0a094593de1321f5101b73aaea6e20e7b282ebadd725650b","media":[],"changelog":[{"version":1,"at":"2026-10-09T20:05:29Z","note":null}]}