The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 17 of 254

Foresight and the autobiographical self

As well as hindsight, foresight is a characteristic part of autobiographical selves. We can plan ahead with incomparably more sophistication than even the most cognitively advanced primates. Chimpanzees can at best anticipate only a few steps ahead;…

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