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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - October 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 06 October 2015 10:38PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 08 October 2015 07:38:42PM 9 points [-]

I am not terribly comfortable with the idea of people being bound by contracts they didn't sign.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 08 October 2015 08:32:07PM 1 point [-]

Not unusual in asian countries. Housing often involves cross-generation contracts. But yes, I'm also uncomfortable with that.

Comment author: Lumifer 08 October 2015 08:43:53PM 2 points [-]

Not unusual in asian countries. Housing often involves cross-generation contracts.

Huh? If you mean something like inheriting a house with a mortgage on it, that's quite different. You can refuse inheritance.