Hyperbolic discounting is said to occur if the value of the future benefit is lower than the available alternative.
This is the tendency that human beings would have to pick a reward that is smaller but available now over a reward that is bigger but available later.
This is due to the fact that the delay would be sooner instead of later in time.
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