Updateless Decision Theory allows for acting as though you need to cooperate with an agent beyond you, even if it has a low probability of existing. I suppose your case of grandchildren works like this? I can cooperate with my as yet nonexistent grandchildren by making the probability of their existence higher, they will likely reward me more?
I’ll have to work on my family norms then! Ancestor worship, it is!
Yes, it is something like this. For example, I still working on projects which my late mother started (like publishing her book and preserving archive).
Updateless Decision Theory allows for acting as though you need to cooperate with an agent beyond you, even if it has a low probability of existing. I suppose your case of grandchildren works like this? I can cooperate with my as yet nonexistent grandchildren by making the probability of their existence higher, they will likely reward me more?
I’ll have to work on my family norms then! Ancestor worship, it is!
Yes, it is something like this. For example, I still working on projects which my late mother started (like publishing her book and preserving archive).