gwern comments on When Willpower Attacks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 06 October 2009 11:38:47PM *  1 point [-]

That'd make an interesting scenario, actually: if people had to live up to their stated ideals, how many would take the drug and do so (possibly destroying themselves), and how many would realize that their stated ideals were social fictions and come up with more honest ones?

It reminds me of Robin Hanson's little paper about social signals in the future, with computers revealing whether the person is being honest or not. The transition period might be rough, but humanity might be better off.