I think you’re asserting something I didn’t say. I said that, first, there are at least some types of digital “progress” that are akin to wireheading, and second, that this was likely a reason that progress in other domains had slowed. I did imply that if we value becoming a Kardashev III civilization, as you suggest, we can’t spend all our lives in digital space—someone needs to build the rockets, do the engineering, and colonize the galaxy. And to the extent that wireheading reduces how much we do those things, it could be a net negative.
I think you’re asserting something I didn’t say. I said that, first, there are at least some types of digital “progress” that are akin to wireheading, and second, that this was likely a reason that progress in other domains had slowed. I did imply that if we value becoming a Kardashev III civilization, as you suggest, we can’t spend all our lives in digital space—someone needs to build the rockets, do the engineering, and colonize the galaxy. And to the extent that wireheading reduces how much we do those things, it could be a net negative.