"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 me that I value freedom the... (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 me that I value freedom the... (read more)