I think there’s also a short-term/long-term thing going on with your examples. The drunk really wants to drink in the moment; they just don’t enjoy living with the consequences later. Similarly, in the moment, you really do want to continue reading Reddit; it’s only hours or days later that you wish you had also managed to complete that other project which was your responsibility.
I bet there’s something going on here, about maximizing integrated lifetime happiness, vs. in-the-moment decision-making, possibly with great discounts to those future selves who will suffer the negative effects.
I think there’s also a short-term/long-term thing going on with your examples. The drunk really wants to drink in the moment; they just don’t enjoy living with the consequences later. Similarly, in the moment, you really do want to continue reading Reddit; it’s only hours or days later that you wish you had also managed to complete that other project which was your responsibility.
I bet there’s something going on here, about maximizing integrated lifetime happiness, vs. in-the-moment decision-making, possibly with great discounts to those future selves who will suffer the negative effects.