"I mean, suppose they were sentient beings, but moved on a really slow personal timescale."
For a dramatization of this, see Eric Frank Russell's short story, "The Waitabits" (1955).
On the rest of your piece, well, I also find it hard to work towards long-term goals. I suppose most people do. We like that instant grat, whatever it happens to be.
Oddly, although I like drinking, I don't like getting seriously drunk, and it doesn't normally happen to me, except occasionally at parties, where there may be nothing much to do for hours except drink. In all other situations, there comes a point where I feel I've had enough, and I stop.
The Waitabits
For a dramatization of this, see Eric Frank Russell's short story, "The Waitabits" (1955).
On the rest of your piece, well, I also find it hard to work towards long-term goals. I suppose most people do. We like that instant grat, whatever it happens to be.
Oddly, although I like drinking, I don't like getting seriously drunk, and it doesn't normally happen to me, except occasionally at parties, where there may be nothing much to do for hours except drink. In all other situations, there comes a point where I feel I've had enough, and I stop.
-- Jonathan