I agree. Interacting with other people is one of the "non-pleasure-related values" that I was talking about (obviously interacting with other people brings me pleasure, but I'd still want to interact with others even if I had a drug that gave me the same amount of pleasure). So I wouldn't spend my life in a holodeck unless it was multiplayer. I think that during my discussion with denisbider at some point the conversation shifted from "holodeck" to "wireheading."

I think that the present-you's definition of "happy" is closer to the present-me's definition of "satisfaction." I generally think of happiness as an emotion one feels, and satisfaction as the state where a large amount of your preferences are satisfied.