RobertWiblin comments on You cannot be mistaken about (not) wanting to wirehead - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobertWiblin 29 January 2010 04:58:13PM 1 point [-]

Silly to worry only about the preferences of your present self - you should also act to change your preferences to make them easier to satisfy. Your potential future self matters as much as your present self does.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 29 January 2010 11:42:36PM 4 points [-]

Silly to worry only about the preferences of your present self - you should also act to change your preferences to make them easier to satisfy. Your potential future self matters as much as your present self does.

Irony? I gather if the "future self" is a rock, which is a state of existence that is easier to satisfy, this rock doesn't matter as much as your present self.