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Decius comments on What if "status" IS a terminal value for most people? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 26 December 2012 08:50:59PM 0 points [-]

I meant 'Perhaps it is impossible to find Zen enlightenment without being the kind of person that would be happy with that.

I don't know how to evaluate people who have multiple intrinsic values but seek stability where fewer than all of them are reached.