[...]my experience of drugs is as nonexistent as my experience of torture.
There’s something imbalanced about that.
Agreed. I’m sure both can be procured somewhere in the Bay Area though. Great material for blogging too!
Is the equivalent pleasure one that overrides everything with the demand to continue and repeat it?
Yes. And that’s as horrible an idea as eternal torture. I’m surprised you haven’t cited any of the studies about relative happiness of lottery winners, (compared to their expectations) though I seem to remember references in some of the posts about a year back.
Being able to change the rules of the game is dangerous. Being able to change your brain so you perceive the game differently is dangerous. Achieving the capability to do both within a short time window is my favourite candidate for a Great Filter.
[...]my experience of drugs is as nonexistent as my experience of torture.
There’s something imbalanced about that.
Agreed. I’m sure both can be procured somewhere in the Bay Area though. Great material for blogging too!
Is the equivalent pleasure one that overrides everything with the demand to continue and repeat it?
Yes. And that’s as horrible an idea as eternal torture. I’m surprised you haven’t cited any of the studies about relative happiness of lottery winners, (compared to their expectations) though I seem to remember references in some of the posts about a year back.
Being able to change the rules of the game is dangerous. Being able to change your brain so you perceive the game differently is dangerous. Achieving the capability to do both within a short time window is my favourite candidate for a Great Filter.