I’m very much of an egoist but I don’t really agree with this statement. Even if the last smidge of my altruism were deleted, I still wouldn’t rob banks or run a fraudulent asset exchange because I have a very cushy position in society as it is and cooperating with humanity in fact makes my life much better than not. I similarly wouldn’t do existentially crazy things to try to reach the singularity for me personally. Even if normal people wouldn’t understand how I’m burning the commons, you guys would.
I’m like way more likely to do norm-breaking stuff (like sell unlicensed securities) for altruistic reasons, though it is still usually a bad idea.
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I really do feel it’s a bummer that I don’t get to be part of the Future. It really does suck. The way I cope is by trying to make the present a little bit more future (in a way that isn’t existentially threatening). I’ll get to see a few cool things this way at least.
I’m very much of an egoist but I don’t really agree with this statement. Even if the last smidge of my altruism were deleted, I still wouldn’t rob banks or run a fraudulent asset exchange because I have a very cushy position in society as it is and cooperating with humanity in fact makes my life much better than not. I similarly wouldn’t do existentially crazy things to try to reach the singularity for me personally. Even if normal people wouldn’t understand how I’m burning the commons, you guys would.
I’m like way more likely to do norm-breaking stuff (like sell unlicensed securities) for altruistic reasons, though it is still usually a bad idea.
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I really do feel it’s a bummer that I don’t get to be part of the Future. It really does suck. The way I cope is by trying to make the present a little bit more future (in a way that isn’t existentially threatening). I’ll get to see a few cool things this way at least.