tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642103.post1479427216046728954..comments2023-03-25T20:16:52.314-04:00Comments on hobbes in the web, imagine myself without.: What time perspective do you use?Rodolfo Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14989851961295766496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642103.post-80665351602870805332009-07-04T09:47:13.049-04:002009-07-04T09:47:13.049-04:00wonderfully said!!wonderfully said!!Rodolfo Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989851961295766496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642103.post-58368119203506711352009-07-03T15:31:13.822-04:002009-07-03T15:31:13.822-04:00While I believe time is only an illusion (or a spi...While I believe time is only an illusion (or a spice, accordingly), I have suffered the consequences of present hedonism and have learned the (not always certain) benefits of delayed gratification. The past affects both consequences.<br />Taking this into account, I believe he's right, not so much because of his definitions of Time perspectives, but because he speaks of maintaining a Balance. At the end, you must even out (you've yet to publish a definition for "Balance")<br /><br />With Time - being the illusion that it is - it may require a certain amount of strategy and risk to it. Personally, it will always depend on the subject, but present rules (whether hedonistic or fatalist) and future is the desire (need/wish/attitude) that will move the outcome.<br /><br />The phrase "Life is temptation" might be an overkill, but temptation is not to be played with. I recently heard the phrase: "delay is the deadliest form of denial" (C. Northcote Parkinson). And there's always the possibility you get tired of waiting, and/or end up with something you didn't really want.<br /><br />It translates to society, culture and politics. The D.R., for example, has been managed solely on present hedonism/fatalist, and such is the culture, and in such way acts society. Hoping for a miraculous future... Capitalism is all about having it all and having it now... but that's a whole other topic:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248280412462773117noreply@blogger.com