Fully optimizing toward longevity and away from enjoyment and ease in the short-term may be correct, for some estimates, but it’s not as clear. And irrelevant for the vast majority of daily behaviors.
Running with this concept, this means postponing “living” (in the non-biological sense of having fulfilling experiences) now for the hope of being able to start “living” after life-extending technology and quality of geriatric life have increased to a point of effective immortality.
That could take decades or longer. Unsurprisingly, very, very few people—even us on LW—are likely to fully optimize if “living” is the cost today and not guaranteed later.
Running with this concept, this means postponing “living” (in the non-biological sense of having fulfilling experiences) now for the hope of being able to start “living” after life-extending technology and quality of geriatric life have increased to a point of effective immortality.
That could take decades or longer. Unsurprisingly, very, very few people—even us on LW—are likely to fully optimize if “living” is the cost today and not guaranteed later.