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momothefiddler comments on Delayed Gratification vs. a Time-Dependent Utility Function - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: momothefiddler 07 May 2012 08:07:46PM 0 points [-]

So you, like I, might consider turning the universe into minds that most value a universe filled with themselves?

Comment author: bryjnar 07 May 2012 09:10:26PM 3 points [-]

I'd consider it. On reflection, I think that for me personally what I care about isn't just minds of any kind having their preferences satisfied, even if those are harmless ones. I think I probably would like them to have more adventurous preferences! The point is, what I'm looking at here are my preferences for how the world should be; whether I would prefer a world full of wire-headers or one full of people doing awesome actual stuff. I think I'd prefer the latter, even if overall the adventurous people didnt' get as many of their preferences satisfied. A typical wire-header would probably disagree, though!

Comment author: momothefiddler 08 May 2012 03:08:53AM 0 points [-]

Fair.