Only unbearable suffering matters (the threshold may vary). The threshold depends on whether it is measured before, during, or after the suffering occurs.
If quantum immortality is true, then suicide will not end suffering and may make it worse. Proper utility calculations should take this into account.
Most suffering has a limited duration after which it ends. After it ends, there will be some amount of happiness which may outweigh the suffering. Even an incurable disease could be cured within 5 years. Death, however, is forever.
Death is an infinite loss of future pleasures. The discount rate can be compensated by exponential paradise.
Several random thoughts:
Only unbearable suffering matters (the threshold may vary). The threshold depends on whether it is measured before, during, or after the suffering occurs.
If quantum immortality is true, then suicide will not end suffering and may make it worse. Proper utility calculations should take this into account.
Most suffering has a limited duration after which it ends. After it ends, there will be some amount of happiness which may outweigh the suffering. Even an incurable disease could be cured within 5 years. Death, however, is forever.
Death is an infinite loss of future pleasures. The discount rate can be compensated by exponential paradise.