Wei_Dai comments on Reflections on Pre-Rationality - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Wei_Dai 09 November 2009 09:42PM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 20 November 2009 11:32:37AM 3 points [-]

Upon further reflection, I think altruism towards one's future selves can't justify having different preferences, because there should be a set of compromise preferences such that both your current self and your future selves are better off if you bind yourself (both current and future) to that set.