Meet 10 new people (over a moderately challenging personal specific timeframe).
Express gratitude or appreciation.
Work close to where we live.
Have new experiences.
Get regular exercise.
ie. No. Nothing about this article comes remotely close to changing the highest expected value actions for the majority of the class ‘we’. If it happens that there is a person in that class for whom this opens an opportunity to create (more expected) value then it is comparatively unlikely that that person is the kind who would benefit from “we shoulding” exhortations.
I want this list posted in response to every “is there anything we should do” ever. Just all over the internet. I would give you more than one upvote just for that list if I could.
“Hm. I think you should start with all computable universes weighted by simplicity, disregard the ones inconsistent with your experiences, and maximize expected utility over the rest.”
Meet 10 new people (over a moderately challenging personal specific timeframe).
Express gratitude or appreciation.
Work close to where we live.
Have new experiences.
Get regular exercise.
ie. No. Nothing about this article comes remotely close to changing the highest expected value actions for the majority of the class ‘we’. If it happens that there is a person in that class for whom this opens an opportunity to create (more expected) value then it is comparatively unlikely that that person is the kind who would benefit from “we shoulding” exhortations.
I want this list posted in response to every “is there anything we should do” ever. Just all over the internet. I would give you more than one upvote just for that list if I could.
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Writing a bot to do this isn’t that hard and you can always rethink the list to optimize it for a moral general audience.