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Sure, I was just hoping to move you a little towards the position that lazy exponential discounting is generally not compatible with longtermism. In terms of b
by conjectures 9y ago
Sure, I was just hoping to move you a little towards the position that lazy exponential discounting is generally not compatible with longtermism.
In terms of behaviour change, giving a mixed message is just going to excuse people falling back into the default method. This is what thoughtless acceptance of the default means:
http://www.heritage.org/environment/report/discounting-climate-costs http://www.heritage.org/environment/report/discounting-clima...
http://www.heritage.org/government-regulation/report/questions-epas-cost-estimates-waxman-markey-climate-change-legislation http://www.heritage.org/government-regulation/report/questio...
So I think there's a real cost and risk associated with not taking a clear position on this.