I think we are always paying too much attention to the present but I do think it's something that comes naturally to us. After all, it's something happening right away but I do think that we need to be prepared for the future.
As for safety in numbers, I definitely think that we are just so use to it. At this point, we kind of rely on machines or specialized people to make goods for us. If I had to live outside alone on an island, I don't know if I would be able to get by much at all. Then again, that is why we tend to be focused on money. It's the common thing that we can trade to get the goods we want or need in our lives.
Yep. And we do it naturally, making an investor mindset, unnatural, right? It has to be learned and practiced, there is no innate sense for it.
I'm the same. Thankfully, I wouldn't last long without medication anyway :D
Exactly. And then we overvalue it, collecting it for collection sake, rather than where we actually need to apply it.