Matt_Duing comments on Rationality quotes: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Matt_Duing 02 June 2010 04:03:17AM *  15 points [-]

"It's wonderful how much we suck compared to us ten years from now!"

-- Michael Blume

Comment author: Matt_Duing 16 June 2010 03:35:49AM 2 points [-]

A troubling possible implication of this is if the impact we can expect to have on existential risks diminishes over time, then as the competence of our plans and actions increases, the expected importance of those choices tends to decrease.