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> If there's any upside to our lives being recorded in such great detail, it's that it will be a treasure trove for our descendants long after we're gone. And
by codetrotter 8y ago
> If there's any upside to our lives being recorded in such great detail, it's that it will be a treasure trove for our descendants long after we're gone.
And to them I say, please don’t judge us too harshly.
People of the future, I wonder what your lives are like. I wonder if you’ve colonized space. I wonder if you’ve entered into other dimensions. I wonder if you can observe into the past. And peer into the future. To be able to guide yourselves into the branch of possible futures that you desire.
It might sound ridiculous but I really do wonder. And I wish the answer was yes and that I got to experience it.
- TaupeRanger 8y agoAnd then you start thinking, "what even is this desire I feel for these future possibilities? Where does that come from and why is it so?" Will people in the future even share our current preferences? What happens to us when science advances to the point that we can hack our own reward functions (preferences)?
- epicide 8y agoWhat happens when you set yourself to be disgusted[0] at the idea of changing your own preferences? [0]: I'm assuming you can also go the opposite way.
- TaupeRanger 8y agoWhat happens when you set yourself to have no preferences?