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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 October 2010 09:14:12AM *  1 point [-]

If B differes over time, you'll have outcomes that are not Pareto optimal in total. Idealised utility maximising agents should establish μ once and for all at the beggining; each change in μ is paid for in decreased utility.

I'm not claiming that human agents do, or should, behave this way.