Pretty sure stoicism is literally exactly a philosophy based on modifying utility functions. I might not be a fan, to the point of even being afraid that they

Pretty sure stoicism is literally exactly a philosophy based on modifying utility functions. I might not be a fan, to the point of even being afraid that they might be right and I should learn from them instead of pursuing the usual stuff everyone does... but it does seem to be a good model for what modifying a function looks like.