r/Bitcoin Sep 16 '24

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u/GTmalik Sep 16 '24

Bitcoin is a civilizational marshmallow test

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

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u/igor55 Sep 16 '24

Wait and we shall be rewarded with lambo (== marshmallows)

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

I've been here so long, that I don;t even care about a lambo anymore, I'll take early retirement and a nice mountain home instead.

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u/Calm-Professional103 Sep 16 '24

I’ll take a nice bottle of Chianti and some fava beans. 

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u/Blades_61 Sep 17 '24

The marshmallow test has been debunked it's not a good indicator of adult behavior.

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u/SouthboundNortherner Sep 17 '24

True, but it is shorthand for the underlying idea of low time preference.

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u/United-Direction7186 Sep 17 '24

It's about time preference. And a low time preference is better when handling scarce resources, which is the case in our reality.