Of course, Professor Gilbert has many awards in research, credit for his popular book on human life, However, I don't get the point, for this topic on Professor Gilbert's research, can you explain at 18 and 68 years of age, what is meant by underestimating.
Point, if you talk about economics and finance in the long term, surely everyone has that plan, be it internally or externally.
When maturity comes, we each begin to plan for our future. We also have financial plans for what we want to be or at what stage we want to be. But is everything done according to plan?
Not at all.
There is nothing to predict the ""future"". There are many ups and downs in life. And that ups and downs can make a big difference in the plans we make. I can't see the reality of the success I imagined myself in.
This is exactly what Daniel Gilbert's research has revealed.
Since I am still not much aged and dependent on my family for financial matters. So, I don't have any such planning yet but in time I will probably do long-term planning too. Because it is in the nature of every human being to plan for the future in his mind.