drnickbone comments on How do we really escape Prisoners' Dilemmas? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drnickbone 02 September 2012 10:36:31AM 1 point [-]

The "why are we worried" question here is precisely calling for an explanation of the fact that we are worried about our post-mortem reputation. It is not denying that fact, nor arguing that we shouldn't be.

The best explanation I've seen so far is the one below from Randaly... we have evolved to care about post-mortem reputation, because of the possibility of vengeance against our family.