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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Persistent Idealism - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: jkaufman 26 August 2014 01:38AM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 27 August 2014 05:54:18AM 1 point [-]

The outside view suggests that as I get older I will probably get less idealistic and less altruistic.

That may be right but doesn't invalidate shminux' point. The best approach seems to be to constrain the future self in ways that will be benefinicial even from the older ones point.