Hyperbolic Time Discounting Versus Freedom - Populist Conservatism #7

Explains the rational utility maximizer model in plain English, dives into the concept of superstimuli, and uses the concept of hyperbolic time discounting to refute the argument of the rational drug addict. The conclusion validates Edmund Burke and the conservative vision of freedom over David Hume and the leftist vision.

Chapters
0:00 Superstimuli
4:36 Choking
8:03 Reason and Passion
11:58 Rational Utility Maximizer
14:57 Present and Future Selves
20:16 Hyperbolic Discounting
24:08 Freedom
26:01 Scenes From the Next