"Ran Kivetz, a business professor at Columbia University, has found a paradox: putting responsibilities ahead of momentary pleasures often leaves us unhappy further down the road. When we skip a holiday to work overtime, or pass up that awesome vintage Porsche for a used minivan, sure, we pat ourselves on the back for a week or two. As the years pass, however, we regret our frugality and wish we'd enjoyed ourselves more. This is hyperopia: an excess of farsightedness."
25 Ideas for 2010: Hyperopia
by Clive Thompson
http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/12/features/25-ideas-for-2010-hyperopia.aspx
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