"I value freedom: When I'm deciding where to steer the future, I take into account not only the subjective states that people end up in, but also whether they got there as a result of their own efforts."
I am somewhat the same but must recognise that it is possible that, were I to be forced into pure bliss, I would not want to go back. My value set may shift or reveal itself to not be what I thought it was. (I think it is possible, maybe even normal, to be somewhat mistaken about which values one lives by.) In fact, it seems exceedingly plausible to m... (read more)
"I value freedom: When I'm deciding where to steer the future, I take into account not only the subjective states that people end up in, but also whether they got there as a result of their own efforts."
I am somewhat the same but must recognise that it is possible that, were I to be forced into pure bliss, I would not want to go back. My value set may shift or reveal itself to not be what I thought it was. (I think it is possible, maybe even normal, to be somewhat mistaken about which values one lives by.) In fact, it seems exceedingly plausible to m... (read more)