In order to be happy (using present-me’s definition of “happy”) I need to interact with other people. So there’s no way for a holodeck to make me happy unless it includes other people.
I agree. Interacting with other people is one of the “non-pleasure-related values” that I was talking about (obviously interacting with other people brings me pleasure, but I’d still want to interact with others even if I had a drug that gave me the same amount of pleasure). So I wouldn’t spend my life in a holodeck unless it was multiplayer. I think that during my discussion with denisbider at some point the conversation shifted from “holodeck” to “wireheading.”
I think that the present-you’s definition of “happy” is closer to the present-me’s definition of “satisfaction.” I generally think of happiness as an emotion one feels, and satisfaction as the state where a large amount of your preferences are satisfied.
I think that the present-you’s definition of “happy” is closer to the present-me’s definition of “satisfaction.” I generally think of happiness as an emotion one feels, and satisfaction as the state where a large amount of your preferences are satisfied.
Yes. (I think the standard way of distinguishing them is to call yours hedonic happiness and mine eudaimonic happiness, or something like that.)
In order to be happy (using present-me’s definition of “happy”) I need to interact with other people. So there’s no way for a holodeck to make me happy unless it includes other people.
I agree. Interacting with other people is one of the “non-pleasure-related values” that I was talking about (obviously interacting with other people brings me pleasure, but I’d still want to interact with others even if I had a drug that gave me the same amount of pleasure). So I wouldn’t spend my life in a holodeck unless it was multiplayer. I think that during my discussion with denisbider at some point the conversation shifted from “holodeck” to “wireheading.”
I think that the present-you’s definition of “happy” is closer to the present-me’s definition of “satisfaction.” I generally think of happiness as an emotion one feels, and satisfaction as the state where a large amount of your preferences are satisfied.
Yes. (I think the standard way of distinguishing them is to call yours hedonic happiness and mine eudaimonic happiness, or something like that.)