Dan Gilbert 3: The psychology of your future self

TED 2014
Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self (script)
Summary
You have probably experienced that you thought that you sometimes had foolish ideas in the past. You probably think why you made such decisions when you remember it. You will regret after several years, but  you didn't think that you would regret it in near future. It is because we have a fundamental misconception about the power of times.
When we think of ourselves, the fundamental time is now. When something happens to you, for you the time is now anytime. Every year, we feel that this year passes faster than last year. Thus, we weren't changed this year, because you felt this year passed faster. And then, we think as we grow older that the rest of our lives won't be changed and we are finished now. You think that you never have such foolish ideas anymore.
No, no, no. Human beings are as transient. We mistakenly think that we're finished. The time is always changing. It's just easy for us to remember in the past, however, it's difficult for us to imagine our future but we don't notice it. Further, we think that something we can't imagine won't happen. This is the psychology of our future self.  It is an illusion.
Words in this story
transient /ˈtræn ʃənt/  lasting only for a short time; impermanent. temporary.
profoundly /  extremely, very, deeply
think of / think about / 'think of' usually means 'imagine' whereas 'think about' tends to mean something closer to 'consider', so the differences would arise in certain contexts.