# The battle between your present and future self

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2011
- Speaker: Daniel Goldstein
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.

## Lectures

1. [The battle between your present and future self](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self/08b72b602f0d), 16 min (TED's player)