if trying to get us to voluntarily gorge ourselves on utility. A central challenge is to satisfy drives that were designed for scarcity, while actually maintaining an environment of abundance.

... I find myself once again perplexed by LW's obsession with hedonistic utilitarianism as opposed to all other forms of utilitarianism which exist, such as what I call "Functional Utilitarianism" -- which, in very simple terms, is the notion that utility is best measured by the impact of a given action on the abilities of others and one's own self to fulfill or augment the principle of self-definition.