Oh, actually I didn’t see the connection with the smile-tile and the making people smile statements at first read. Since it isn’t quite correct to say making people smile is good, but rather people smiling is typically a sign something good has happened.
So a better (albeit common) example might be making people happy is good, wireheading is scary.
But any connection to the top level post is growing tenuous.
Absolute goodness seems tautalogically good. If you pick any one good trait or action and maximize it it grows ominous again.
That’s why I chose it.
Like the smiling example I gave.
Oh, actually I didn’t see the connection with the smile-tile and the making people smile statements at first read. Since it isn’t quite correct to say making people smile is good, but rather people smiling is typically a sign something good has happened. So a better (albeit common) example might be making people happy is good, wireheading is scary. But any connection to the top level post is growing tenuous.