taryneast comments on Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 July 2011 06:53:40PM *  1 point [-]

Well, a somewhat obvious answer is that you might fear that valuing doing the things you think you should do more of will leave you worse off by your current standards.

Comment author: taryneast 26 July 2011 09:32:54PM 0 points [-]

Hmm, not sure of that's it. According to my current set of "wouldn't it be awesome if" standards, I'd actually be much better off. I do get a feeling that I'd be less "real" though -> programmed to be a task-loving machine instead of a person with real, human desires.

However I certainly see the potential for "ick" scenarios where I would consider myself to be worse off (in a "poor sad person" kind of way) - eg programming myself to love housework - and ending up loving it so much that I turn myself into a slave/maid for other people who take advantage of it... poor example perhaps, but hopefully you get the drift.