PhilGoetz comments on Human values differ as much as values can differ - Less Wrong

13 Post author: PhilGoetz 03 May 2010 07:35PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 03 May 2010 11:58:36PM 0 points [-]

This lower-bound could have some use; but my view is that, in the future, most people will be elements of bigger people, making this division difficult.

Existing societies are constructed in a way so that optimizing each person's preference can help optimize the society's preference. So maybe it's possible.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 04 May 2010 01:53:20AM 2 points [-]

my view is that, in the future, most people will be elements of bigger people, making this division difficult.

I think the idea is to divide between current people('s individual extrapolated goal systems) once and for all time, in which case this poses no problem as long as personal identity isn't significantly blurred between now and FAI.