I think this is back to the point about infinities.
Which suggests that we are failing to communicate. I am not surprised.
I went from your “I can’t trust them to judge their own utility as bounded” to your earlier “infinity” point. Possibly I am not trying very hard here, though...
My main issue was you apparently thinking that you couldn’t predict their desires in order to find mutually beneficial trades. I’m not really sure if this business about not being able to agree to maximise some shared function is a big deal for you.
I went from your “I can’t trust them to judge their own utility as bounded” to your earlier “infinity” point. Possibly I am not trying very hard here, though...
My main issue was you apparently thinking that you couldn’t predict their desires in order to find mutually beneficial trades. I’m not really sure if this business about not being able to agree to maximise some shared function is a big deal for you.