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It certainly seems that valuing V implies valuing valuing V and valuing^3 V and so on. But, if we try to formalise a bit the notion of value, doesn't it produce some unexpected paradoxes? I haven't thought about it in detail, so perhaps there is no problem, but I am not convinced.
I don't understand the relevance of your reply to torekp.
I don't see how paradoxes could arise. For example, if you have a value V of having value V, that's a perfectly well-defined function on future states of the world and you know what to do to maximize it. (You can remove explicit self-reference by using quining, aka the diagonal lemma.) Likewise for the value W of not having value W. The actions of an agent having such a value will be pretty bizarre, but Bayesian-rational.
It shows a possible reason why you might want to return to your past values once you approach TDT-ish reflective consistency, even if you don't want that in your current state. I'm not sure it's correct, though.