“What is an example of high time preference, Alex?”
How many litter boxes is she going to need once she reaches her expiration date?
Discussion
Very prescient to see her strategy as high time preference. Of course she might say she's making hay while the sun shines.
The world is broken by sin. The eternal Creator invites us to share in His time preference if we can hear Him.
I am sad for Aella.
Marriage and building a family is the ultimate low time preference approach to the gift of life. Our culture has been focused on what young women give up by starting a family without acknowledging what they gain. It’s not an accident that older childless single women collect cats (and other pets).
When you get older the frivolities of youth are not that appealing. For most people, they aren’t even available when they get older. She’s not going to have young sexually appealing young men sliding into her DMs forever.
I’m sad for Aella and all young women who have been confused on this point. I hope they all find a truly fulfilling path some day, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it.