Manfred comments on Ethics in a Feedback Loop: A Parable - Less Wrong Discussion
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I don't think this allegory is good enough for me to endorse further analogizing. Like, people have complicated internal motivations for drinking that look almost nothing like "this will numb the pain when socially awkward people try to talk to me."
But do look like "this will make me less socially awkward".