smk comments on In Praise of Boredom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pnrjulius 06 June 2012 09:27:47PM 3 points [-]

"Eating strawberries every six months may not be as good as the first time (although nostalgia may make it better), but it's not obvious that it declines in utility."

Isn't "not being as good" just what "declines in utility" means?

Comment author: smk 13 June 2012 01:04:04PM 0 points [-]

Maybe they meant that it doesn't continue getting less and less good. I dunno.