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Comment author: Wei_Dai 20 June 2014 12:30:01AM *  1 point [-]

What other resources have increasing marginal utility?

Matter, if negentropy translates to utility by more than its square root, for example if negentropy translates linearly to increased lifespan and/or population, and we value lifespan/population linearly as well.

How undervalued are they?

I'm guessing that most people do not realize the above, and therefore underestimate just how high the maximum utility of the universe can be.