= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
DanArmak comments on Utilons vs. Hedons - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (112)
They are hedon-maximizing, but with a very short time horizon of a few seconds.
If we prefer time horizons as long as possible, then we can conclude that hedon-maximizing implies first researching the technology for medical immortality, then building an army of self-maintaining robot caretakers, and only then starting to hit the wirehead switch.
Of course this is all tongue in cheek. I realize that wireheads (at today's level of technology) aren't maximizing hedons; they're broken minds. When the button stops working, they don't stop pushing it. Adaptation executers in an induced failure mode.
It depends on your discount function: if its integral is finite over an infinite period of time (e.g. in case of exponential discount) then it will depend on the effort of reaching immortality whether you will go that route or just dedicate yourself to momentary bliss.