I think Roko's statements had a logic similar to: http://lesswrong.com/lw/wz/living_by_your_own_strength/

Which could be described as (but not just as) "instrumental values somehow playing a keyrole in enjoyment of life"

I think he was trying to promote such idea by trying to make the presence of such instrumental values necessary ie. translate them into terminal values - though that's just an assumption - in an attempt to preserve something about different ways of life.

I think that line of thought is very inaccurate because it fails to capture the essence of the problem, and instead creates descriptions like the ones criticized in this post. I think it might be more sensible to say something like "I think if humans would realize all their goals instantaneously and effortlessly there would be something missing from the experience" - but then again, there's this thing called "The Fun Theory Sequence" on the topic. :)