roystgnr comments on Rationalists don't care about the future - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 20 May 2011 12:55:38PM 0 points [-]

If we assume that our time-discounting function happens to be perfectly adjusted to match our rate of economic growth now, is it wise to assume that eventually the latter will change drastically but the former will remain fixed?