I was pretty happy before LW, until I learnt about utility maximization. It tells me that I ought to do what I don’t want to do on any other than some highly abstract intellectual level. I don’t even get the smallest bit of satisfaction out of it, just depression.
IMHO, utilitarianism is a major screw-up for a human being. It is an unnatural philosophy which lacks family values and seems to be used mostly by human beings for purposes of signalling and manipulation.
That’s not utility maximisation, that’s utilitarianism. A separate idea, though confusingly named.
IMHO, utilitarianism is a major screw-up for a human being. It is an unnatural philosophy which lacks family values and seems to be used mostly by human beings for purposes of signalling and manipulation.