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happiness research is chilling. Do you want an optimal life imposed on you? A large part of what makes people happy is self determination and I do not believe
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
happiness research is chilling. Do you want an optimal life imposed on you? A large part of what makes people happy is self determination and I do not believe that that is being accounted for.
The hack for that is to give people the illusion of free will but make all the important "happiness maximizing" decisions behind the curtain. But this too is scary. What is the happiness researcher made a mistake? Or is calculating via averages? My happiness is not other people's happiness.
- shiro 18y agoNot necessarily to be scared. Ultimately what you want from life is up to you; you have to decide it. However, to make wise decision, deep knowledge about the object is important, which is yourself in this case. Human mind constantly try to trick its owner. Mostly it's a kind of optimization and works well for normal situations, but it doesn't necessary work well for once-in-life extreme situation, and knowing your mind's trick will help.
- khafra 18y agoYudkowsky's eudaimonia essays might ease your fears. Truly rational approaches to happiness maximizing don't involve monkey's paw type unintended consequences. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/fun-theory-sequence.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/fun-theory-sequence.ht... http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/fun-theory-laws.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/fun-theory-laws.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/12/devils-offers.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/12/devils-offers.html -- to start
- nazgulnarsil 18y agoand you think the people adept at getting the job of government regulator are also the ones adept at avoiding such bias? Happiness research will be seized upon by socialists.