(nods) I sympathize with that reasoning. Two things about it make me suspicious, though.
The first is that it seems to elide the difference between choosing to experience cold when doing so is nice, and not having such a choice. it seems to me that this difference is incredibly important.
The second is its calibration against “modern” standards.
I suspect that if I lived a hundred years ago I would similarly be sympathetic to the idea that it’s valuable to have at least one element of my life be extremely low quality by “modern” standards, and if I’m alive a hundred years from now I will similarly be sympathetic to it.
Which leads me to suspect that what’s going on here has more to do with variety being a valuable part of constructing an optimal environment than it does with ordinariness.
(nods) I sympathize with that reasoning. Two things about it make me suspicious, though.
The first is that it seems to elide the difference between choosing to experience cold when doing so is nice, and not having such a choice. it seems to me that this difference is incredibly important.
The second is its calibration against “modern” standards.
I suspect that if I lived a hundred years ago I would similarly be sympathetic to the idea that it’s valuable to have at least one element of my life be extremely low quality by “modern” standards, and if I’m alive a hundred years from now I will similarly be sympathetic to it.
Which leads me to suspect that what’s going on here has more to do with variety being a valuable part of constructing an optimal environment than it does with ordinariness.