That’s the reason why I never get why people are against marriage contracts. Even ignoring the inherent uncertainty of love & marriage, if I walk under a bus tomorrow and lose for example all empathy due to brain damage, my current self would wish you to divorce future psychopath-me as quickly as possible.
As for the OP, good article. If anyone ever asks why I spend my time theorizing away over ‘impossible’ things like AI or decision theory I can use this as an example.
Did you mean to say you don’t understand why people are in favor of marriage contracts? I don’t see how the marriage contract helps in the bus example.
Sorry, I used the wrong terminology. I meant an prenuptial agreement. The bus example was to show that even if you precommit there is always the possibility that you will change your mind (i.e. in this case by losing empathy). I used the extreme method of brain damage because it’s completely out of your control. You cannot precommit on not being run over by a bus.
That’s the reason why I never get why people are against marriage contracts. Even ignoring the inherent uncertainty of love & marriage, if I walk under a bus tomorrow and lose for example all empathy due to brain damage, my current self would wish you to divorce future psychopath-me as quickly as possible.
As for the OP, good article. If anyone ever asks why I spend my time theorizing away over ‘impossible’ things like AI or decision theory I can use this as an example.
Did you mean to say you don’t understand why people are in favor of marriage contracts? I don’t see how the marriage contract helps in the bus example.
Sorry, I used the wrong terminology. I meant an prenuptial agreement. The bus example was to show that even if you precommit there is always the possibility that you will change your mind (i.e. in this case by losing empathy). I used the extreme method of brain damage because it’s completely out of your control. You cannot precommit on not being run over by a bus.
I’m pretty sure thinking about scenarios with low probability, especially over the long term, is considered “unromantic”.
Disclaimer: commenter is generally anti-marriage and not typically romantic.