<![CDATA[Phillip Zimbardo on Time Perspective (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog):
Professor Zimbardo gives a lecture on “Time Perspective”, a concept he seems to have essentially come up with himself, but which he feels (not without some justification) is rather important. The basic idea is that people have different focuses on time (past, present, or future) with different tinges (positive or negative). So you can be overly focused on the good-old-days (past-negative) or just trying to have fun right now (present-hedonistic). Stanford students, obviously, are too focused on the future.
Aaron Swartz’s notes from a lecture by one of the greats of psychological research…..]]>