So, we’re just listing how much we’d buy things for? I don’t see why it’s supposed to be hard.
I guess it gets a bit complicated when you consider combinations of things, rather than just their marginal value. For example, once I have a computer with an internet connection, I care for little else. Still, I just have to figure out what would be about neutral, and decide how much I’d pay an hour (or need to be payed an hour) to go from that to something else.
Playing a vaguely interesting game on the computer = 0.
Doing something interesting = 1-3.
Talking to a cute girl = 5.
Talking to a cute girl I know = 8.
Talking to the girl I really like = 50.
Thinking about a girl I really like if I talked to her within the last couple of days, or
probably will within a couple of days = 4.
Having hugged the girl I really like within the last two hours = 50.
Hugging a cute girl I know = 50. Note that this one only lasts for about a second, so it’s only about a 7000th as good as the last one.
Hugging a cute girl I don’t know = 20.
Hugging anyone else except my brother = 10.
Homework = −2, unless it’s interesting.
Eating while hungry = 2.
Asleep = ??? I have no idea how to figure that one out.
I didn’t use dollar value because I’m too cheap to actually spend money. Knowing how much I can help people for the same cost will do that to you. Check out the Disease Control Priorities Project (http://tinyurl.com/y9wpk5e). There’s one for $3 a QALY. Even the hugging the girl I like I only estimate at 0.02 QALYs.
Using that estimate, one unit is about twice my average happiness. More accurate than I’d expect.
So, we’re just listing how much we’d buy things for? I don’t see why it’s supposed to be hard.
I guess it gets a bit complicated when you consider combinations of things, rather than just their marginal value. For example, once I have a computer with an internet connection, I care for little else. Still, I just have to figure out what would be about neutral, and decide how much I’d pay an hour (or need to be payed an hour) to go from that to something else.
Playing a vaguely interesting game on the computer = 0.
Doing something interesting = 1-3.
Talking to a cute girl = 5.
Talking to a cute girl I know = 8.
Talking to the girl I really like = 50.
Thinking about a girl I really like if I talked to her within the last couple of days, or probably will within a couple of days = 4.
Having hugged the girl I really like within the last two hours = 50.
Hugging a cute girl I know = 50. Note that this one only lasts for about a second, so it’s only about a 7000th as good as the last one.
Hugging a cute girl I don’t know = 20.
Hugging anyone else except my brother = 10.
Homework = −2, unless it’s interesting.
Eating while hungry = 2.
Asleep = ??? I have no idea how to figure that one out.
I didn’t use dollar value because I’m too cheap to actually spend money. Knowing how much I can help people for the same cost will do that to you. Check out the Disease Control Priorities Project (http://tinyurl.com/y9wpk5e). There’s one for $3 a QALY. Even the hugging the girl I like I only estimate at 0.02 QALYs.
Using that estimate, one unit is about twice my average happiness. More accurate than I’d expect.
The link is really interesting!