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Sure there are many people who develop long-term goals, But it seems that there is huge popularity in "living for the moment". Most popular mainstream songs in the last few years are usually about deliberately not planning ahead (Getting drunk, partying all night, spending all your money at a club, making random sexual hook-ups with people). I discussing this with my liberal friends, they point to consumerism and technology for making people so shortsighted (Those damn computers and commercials spoil people. You can get anything you want with the click of a button!). But this does not really convince me. Is whim-worship related to altruism? The best source I could think of was collectivism. People grow up looking at themselves as part of a group and not an individual. They are a nationality, or race, or other demographic. And when you're just a number in a crowd, what does is matter what you do? So why not just live in the moment and worship pleasure? Any thoughts?