username2 comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 24 June 2016 08:11:36AM *  1 point [-]

(had the idea after seeing this)

Each person's vote should be weighed by their life expectancy given their age.

(ETA: I will downvote any comment in this subthread discussing the object-level issue of whether Britain had better stay in the EU, no matter how reasonable and insightful it is.)

Comment author: username2 26 June 2016 07:11:53PM *  1 point [-]

We can go even further: children's life expectancy could be added to their parents' voting weights.

However most decisions are about the short term rather than the long term, and only very rarely life expectancy is relevant.