TrE comments on Open thread, September 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong
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So then, Rawls's veil has to be modified such that you are randomly chosen to be one of a quadrillion people. In scenario A, you live a million years. In scenario B, one trillion people live for one billion years each, the rest are fertilized eggs which for some reason don't develop.
I'd still choose B over A.