Eliezer, I’ve indeed been a hard-working Good Guy at earlier times in my life (though probably most of my effort was on relatively useless rather ordinary do-gooder projects), but from this it doesn’t follow that my current self would be a Good Guy.
Currently I’m happily (yes, happily) wasting a huge chunk of my time away on useless fun stuff, while I easily could be more productive. It’s not that I would be resting after a burn-out either, I’ve just become more selfish, and don’t feel bad about it, except perhaps very rarely and briefly in a mild manner. I like myself and my life a lot, even though I don’t currently classify myself as a Good Guy. I won’t even feel particularly bad if we run into an existential risk, I think.
(Though being a Good Guy is fun also, and I might make more of a move in that direction again soon—or not.)
Eliezer, I’ve indeed been a hard-working Good Guy at earlier times in my life (though probably most of my effort was on relatively useless rather ordinary do-gooder projects), but from this it doesn’t follow that my current self would be a Good Guy.
Currently I’m happily (yes, happily) wasting a huge chunk of my time away on useless fun stuff, while I easily could be more productive. It’s not that I would be resting after a burn-out either, I’ve just become more selfish, and don’t feel bad about it, except perhaps very rarely and briefly in a mild manner. I like myself and my life a lot, even though I don’t currently classify myself as a Good Guy. I won’t even feel particularly bad if we run into an existential risk, I think.
(Though being a Good Guy is fun also, and I might make more of a move in that direction again soon—or not.)