Eliezer wonders about the thread of conscious experience: “I don’t think that, if I were really selfish, I could jump off a cliff knowing smugly that a different person would experience the consequence of hitting the ground.”
...and may pre-buy hangover cures the night before. And the hangovered you may feel that the night before was worth it, at least to some extent. Being somewhat altruistic towards you future self has to be balanced against your current enjoyment.
And people aren’t rational and consistent and all the usual caveats.
Consider: people drink and get hangovers.
...and may pre-buy hangover cures the night before. And the hangovered you may feel that the night before was worth it, at least to some extent. Being somewhat altruistic towards you future self has to be balanced against your current enjoyment.
And people aren’t rational and consistent and all the usual caveats.
I think the idea is more that discounting and selfishness can be separated, not that people don’t discount future events.