Yu kin fil fɔ sakrifays di it, drink, ɛn rilaks we yu lɛk fɔ tide, ɛn tink bɔt wetin go apin insay 20 ɔ 30 ia? I rili at, nɔto so? Wi ɔl lɛk fɔ tink bɔt tide. Bɔt yu no se, i sɔprayz fɔ no se, jɔs tink bɔt yu fiuja sɛf kin chenj yu wɛlbɔdi abit fɔ bɛtɛ tide? Dis nɔto sɔm kayn majik, bɔt na kɔnsɛpt we rili intrestin we dɛn bays pan sayɛns. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis tide.
Wetin mek i nɔ izi fɔ wi fɔ tink bɔt wi yon tumara bambay?
Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili strenj. Infakt, wi bren de si wi fiuja sef lɛk se na ɔda pɔsin. Dis bin sho klia wan insay wan stɔdi we Hal Hershfield, we na prɔfɛsɔ na di Yunivasiti na Kalifɔnia, bin du. I yuz wan spɛshal skan (`fMRI` - functional magnetic resonance imaging) we kin mɛzhɔ di bren aktiviti ɛn aks pipul dɛn fɔ tink bɔt dɛn layf 10 ia frɔm naw.
I sɔprayz fɔ no se di sem pat pan dɛn bren bin de wok we dɛn de tink bɔt strenja. Dat min se wi bren de si wi fiuja sef lɛk se wi de luk strenja.
Dis na wetin sayɛns kɔl fɔ nɔ gɛt ‘fyuchɔ sɛlf-kɔntinyu’ . Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i min se yu nɔ go gɛt bɛtɛ kɔnekshɔn pan filin, yu nɔ go de nia di ‘yu’ tumara bambay. Bikɔs da ‘fiuja mi’ de kin fil lɛk se wi na pɔsin we difrɛn, wi nɔ kin fil fɔ sakrifays di gladi at we wi gɛt naw fɔ da pɔsin de. Tink bɔt am, yu go tink tu tɛm fɔ ɛp strenja pas yu padi, nɔto so? Na dat de apin ya.
Wetin na di bɛnifit dɛn we yu kin gɛt we yu kɔnɛkt wit yu ‘future self’?
Okay, so naw yu ɔndastand di chalenj fɔ tink bɔt tumara bambay. Bɔt wetin wi go du if wi ebul fɔ win dis prɔblɛm ɛn bil strɔng kɔnekshɔn wit wi fiuja sɛf? Di bɛnifit dɛn rili bɔku. Risach dɔn sho se pipul dɛn we de tink bɔt dɛn tumara bambay ɛn ebul fɔ si am klia wan, kin disayd fɔ du tin dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn we gɛt sɛns tide.
Prɔfɛsɔ Hɛshfild bin tɔk se: “If a fil se a gɛt kɔnekshɔn pan filin, we a de nia mi tumara bambay, i nɔto big tin fɔ mek a du tin dɛn tide we go bɛnifit da pɔsin de tumara bambay.”
Si di tebul dɔŋ ya fɔ di prɛktikal bɛnifit dɛn we dis rilayshɔnship de briŋ to wi layf.
| Sektɔ fɔ layf | Di bɛnifit dɛn we dɛn dɔn sho bay we dɛn dɔn du risach |
|---|---|
| Fɔ kip mɔni | Dɛn kin kip mɔ mɔni fɔ tumara bambay. Dɛn kin tray fɔ mek dɛn prɔpati dɛn bɔku. |
| Di we aw yu de it | Ridyus it dɛn we gɛt shuga ɛn fat ɛn it mɔ it dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi lɛk frut ɛn vɛjitebul. |
| Fɔ smok | Wan stɔdi we dɛn bin du na Ɔstria sho se dɛn pipul ya nɔ kin smok bɛtɛ. |
| Ɔl di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs | Les krεse pen. Nɔr kin at fɔ du simpul tin lɛk fɔ klaym stej. Atɛnd di mɛdikal apɔntinmɛnt dɛn fayn fayn wan. |
Dis kɔnsɛpt kin ɛp mɔ fɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ satisfay wit dɛn bɔdi. Risach dɔn sho se pipul dɛn we de wɔri bɔt dɛn bɔdi bɔt we gɛt gud padi biznɛs wit dɛn tumara bambay kin gɛt wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn , lɛk fɔ it tin dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt bɛtɛ it ɛn fɔ du ɛksɛsayz.
Aw yu kin kɔnɛkt wit yu ‘future self’?
Dis na gud nyus! Yu rilayshɔn wit yu fiuja sɛf nɔto sɔntin we dɛn put insay ston. Na sɔntin we wi go ebul fɔ divɛlɔp ɛn mek trɛnk. Na tu simpul we dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du risach fɔ ɛp yu.
1. Rayt lɛta to yusɛf.
Dis kin tan lɛk se i strenj smɔl, bɔt na wan we we rili pawaful. Imajin se yu de rayt lɛta to yusɛf 20 ia afta naw. Yu op, drim, wich kain pesin yu tink se yu go bi by den, wich advais yu go giv dat ‘future me’... Rayt ol dis. Dɔn, tink bɔt yusɛf as di ‘yu’ fɔ 20 ia frɔm naw, ɛn rayt wan ansa to yusɛf tide. I kin bi sɔntin lɛk, "Tɛnki fɔ di sakrifays dɛn we yu mek tide, na dat mek a gɛt wɛlbɔdi tide."
Di wan dɛn we bin de chenj lɛta lɛk dis, insay di de dɛn we de kamWan stכdi sho se dεn bin 43% mכr lεk fכ εksεsayz. Dat min se dɛn bin de du ɛksɛsayz fɔ lɛk 25 minit so insay di wik.
2. Luk foto fo yu sef as yu de ol.
Dis na di we we izi fɔ du ɛn we pipul dɛn lɛk fɔ du tide. Yuz wan ap lɛk `FaceApp` ɔ `Oldify` na yu fon ɛn si aw yu go tan lɛk we yu dɔn ol. Wen yu luk dat foto, yu jos tink se, "Oh, dis na mi. If dis pesin wan get helti, a nid fo stat tek kia of mai helt tide."
Insay wan stɔdi, we dɛn sho yɔŋ pipul dɛn aw dɛn luk ol bay we dɛn yuz wan ap lɛk dis, dɛn kin pik wan kayn bred we gɛt wɛlbɔdi (wɔl wit bred) pas wan donut we dɛn gi dɛn di it we dɛn go pik. We yu si sɔntin we yu kin si lɛk dis, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di aidia strɔng mɔ ɛn mɔ.
Aw lɔng dɛn we ya kin las? I rili at fɔ tɔk fɔ tru. I go mɔs bi se dɛn tin ya na tin dɛn we kin apin fɔ shɔt tɛm. Bɔt dat nɔto prɔblɛm. Di impɔtant tin na dat sɔntin we smɔl lɛk dis go gi yu big push fɔ bigin wan gud abit . Sɔntɛm yu go sayn fɔ go jim ɔ bigin fɔ waka na ivintɛm. Dat stat na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Yu kin tray fɔ du dɛn ɛgzampul ya ɔltɛm.
Fɔ dɔn, ɔl dis na bɔt aw smɔl chenj na wi maynd kin gɛt big fayn impak pan wi layf. So, stat tide, tɔk to yu fiuja sɛf smɔl, tink bɔt am. I go bi big trɛnk fɔ di wɛlbɔdi disizhɔn dɛn we yu de mek tide.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Fɔ tink bɔt yu fiuja sɛf ɛn fɔ kɔnɛkt wit da pɔsin de pan fiuja (future self-continuity) na big ɛp fɔ mek yu disayd fɔ du wɛl tide.
- Wi bren kin si wi fiuja sef as strenja, so wi nid fɔ tray tranga wan fɔ bil da kɔnekshɔn de.
- Yu kin mek dis kɔnekshɔn strɔng wit simpul we dɛn lɛk fɔ rayt lɛta to yu fiuja sɛf ɔ fɔ luk fɔ foto we yu dɔn ol.
- Pan ɔl we di bɔst frɔm dɛn we ya na fɔ shɔt tɛm, na fayn chans fɔ bigin gɛt gud abit lɛk fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɛn it fayn fayn wan.
- If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi abit ɔ bifo yu mek ɛni chenj, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ.
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