Wearing a mask is like turning down a marshmallow

Practicing future-tense hope (taking precautions till a vaccine arrives) is complicated by the fact that the future is a fragile place, cognitively, writes neurologist Robert Sapolsky. Sacrificing immediate pleasure (a big gathering at Thanksgiving, for example), for a bigger future gain (less sickness and death) is tough for humans, it turns out.

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