APS

31st APS Annual Convention

Prisoners of Now: Prospection, Presentism, and the Allocator’s Illusion

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral

Our ability to imagine the future—what will happen and how we will feel about it—is new and susceptible to error. The most powerful source of error is our tendency to imagine the future through the lens of the present, which leads us to misunderstand ourselves and others.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Daniel GilbertSpeaker
    Harvard University