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shminux comments on Decision Auctions aka "How to fairly assign chores, or decide who gets the last cookie" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shminux 22 January 2014 01:49:54AM *  11 points [-]

We care about making sure that he comes to the Buffy sing-along if and only if my value for his company exceeds his value for staying home.

I bet this would be a big sticking point for many couples, "What do you mean you'd rather stay home than come with me? We are a couple! You would pay me how much to leave you alone?! What am I, a whore? Worse than a whore, even, you would pay me as much JUST TO LEAVE YOU ALONE!" (Door slam)

One has to have a very special relationship to not feel either rejected or coerced in situations like that.

Comment author: dreeves 22 January 2014 07:23:20AM 9 points [-]

Upvoted for the delightfully flattering implication for my and Bethany's relationship. :)

But, yes, a prerequisite is that everyone think like an economist, where everything you care about can be assigned a dollar value.

See also the core assumptions at the top of Bethany's article [http://messymatters.com/autonomy].

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 23 January 2014 02:40:28AM 14 points [-]

Of course, there are situations that raise the prostitution issue even more directly.

"So, honey, just how much of a headache do you have?"