jhuffman comments on Utopian hope versus reality - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Mitchell_Porter 11 January 2012 12:55PM

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Comment author: jhuffman 11 January 2012 09:24:16PM 10 points [-]

Yes but one of the reasons this is true is we tend to greatly discount all the suffering for ourselves that has been alleviated. Even if we are cynical, there is still less suffering.