Think about someone who couldn’t feel joy (or pleasure or whatever). They would be saying the same things you’re saying now, and they would be wrong
I don’t think that this tracks; or, at least, it seems far from being something we can confidently conclude. I don’t yet properly understand the type signature of emotions, but they seem to be part of the structure of a mind,[1] rather than outwards-facing interfaces that could be easily factored out (like more straightforward sensory modalities, such as sight). And I think there could be a wide variety of equally valid ways to structure one’s mind, including wildly alien ones. I don’t think we should go around saying “you must self-modify into this specific type of mind” to people.
Would you give up your ability to feel happiness just so you could free up 5% of your time for working?
FWIW, I’d straight-up turn off all my conscious experience for the next two decades if it made me 5% more productive for those decades and had no other downsides.
Something like the sensory feedback associated with the dimensions along which a given mind’s high-level state/decision-making policy can vary...? Which can be different on a per-mind basis. Doesn’t feel like the full story, but maybe something in that direction.
I don’t yet properly understand the type signature of emotions, but they seem to be part of the structure of a mind, rather than outwards-facing interfaces that could be easily factored out (like more straightforward sensory modalities, such as sight).
I don’t know what you mean by this. You’re saying emotions are more fundamental to the mind than sight? I think sight is pretty fundamental. When your mind is randomly stimulated by your brain stem, it’s visions (dreams) you experience.
FWIW, I’d straight-up turn off all my conscious experience for the next two decades if it made me 5% more productive for those decades and had no other downsides.
I don’t think that this tracks; or, at least, it seems far from being something we can confidently conclude. I don’t yet properly understand the type signature of emotions, but they seem to be part of the structure of a mind,[1] rather than outwards-facing interfaces that could be easily factored out (like more straightforward sensory modalities, such as sight). And I think there could be a wide variety of equally valid ways to structure one’s mind, including wildly alien ones. I don’t think we should go around saying “you must self-modify into this specific type of mind” to people.
FWIW, I’d straight-up turn off all my conscious experience for the next two decades if it made me 5% more productive for those decades and had no other downsides.
Something like the sensory feedback associated with the dimensions along which a given mind’s high-level state/decision-making policy can vary...? Which can be different on a per-mind basis. Doesn’t feel like the full story, but maybe something in that direction.
I don’t know what you mean by this. You’re saying emotions are more fundamental to the mind than sight? I think sight is pretty fundamental. When your mind is randomly stimulated by your brain stem, it’s visions (dreams) you experience.
Why?