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Context? I can randomly replace elements of this by their opposites and get something that sounds just as truthy.
Try it!
"[Because/although] [positive/negative] [illusions/perceptions] provide a [short/long]-term [benefit/cost] with [larger/smaller] [long/short]-term [costs/benefits], they can [become/avoid] a form of [emotional/intellectual] [procrastination/spur to action]."
"Because positive illusions provide a short-term benefit with smaller short-term benefits, they can become a form of intellectual procrastination."