If you want more technical reasons for why you shouldn’t worry about this, I think Decision theory does not imply that we get to have nice things is relevant. In humans, understanding exotic decision theories also doesn’t imply bad things, because (among other reasons) understanding a decision theory, even on a very deep and / or nuts-and-bolts level, is different from actually implementing it.[1]
Planecrash is a work of fiction that may give you a deep sense for the difference between understanding and implementing a decision theory, but I wouldn’t exactly recommend it for anyone suffering from anxiety, or anyone who doesn’t want to spend a lot of time alleviating their anxiety.
If you want more technical reasons for why you shouldn’t worry about this, I think Decision theory does not imply that we get to have nice things is relevant. In humans, understanding exotic decision theories also doesn’t imply bad things, because (among other reasons) understanding a decision theory, even on a very deep and / or nuts-and-bolts level, is different from actually implementing it.[1]
Planecrash is a work of fiction that may give you a deep sense for the difference between understanding and implementing a decision theory, but I wouldn’t exactly recommend it for anyone suffering from anxiety, or anyone who doesn’t want to spend a lot of time alleviating their anxiety.