A consequence of the above seems to be that things wouldn't be better if humans lived longer. I used to think that we'd do better if we lived longer. I didn't understand how people with children weren't doing better. Now I'm thinking that this decision making vague theory explains why we're always too late. Think of elves. Elves would stand their ground. Not relinquishing their colonies. Not giving up on their car. Other elves would be complaining. Marching. Gluing themselves to the roads. They will all live through the elfocene and the sixth great extinction event and the hurricanes and droughts to come and wars in their wake and yet they won't budge. Because unpopular decisions are only made when people are dying.