Certainly it makes sense to shift this on the margin, get your key bucket list items in early, put a higher marginal priority on fun – even more so than you should have been doing anyway.
Yes. I think this is good advice (at least for many people in this community), independent of one’s views on AI or other x-risk.
For me, this just means living a more fun “normal life”—eating out more, living in a slightly nicer apartment, buying things that make me and those around me happy. Maybe even having kids, without a pile of savings already earmarked for childcare, housing, education, etc.
Perhaps in 2050 if we’re all still here and things are somehow normal, I’ll need to reduce my consumption and / or work a bit longer to compensate for the choices I am making now. This seems like a good trade, even if the chance of reaching the future is certain - the chance of AI doom, whatever it is, just makes it overdetermined.
By the way, in 2050 you are more likely to reduce your consumption anyways because of age. This is a very common thing among humans: those who very successfully save for later end up saving so much that they end up dying with a pile of assets.
This new paradigm (AGI arriving in our lifetimes) is beginning to change the way I optimize life design.
Yes. I think this is good advice (at least for many people in this community), independent of one’s views on AI or other x-risk.
For me, this just means living a more fun “normal life”—eating out more, living in a slightly nicer apartment, buying things that make me and those around me happy. Maybe even having kids, without a pile of savings already earmarked for childcare, housing, education, etc.
Perhaps in 2050 if we’re all still here and things are somehow normal, I’ll need to reduce my consumption and / or work a bit longer to compensate for the choices I am making now. This seems like a good trade, even if the chance of reaching the future is certain - the chance of AI doom, whatever it is, just makes it overdetermined.
By the way, in 2050 you are more likely to reduce your consumption anyways because of age. This is a very common thing among humans: those who very successfully save for later end up saving so much that they end up dying with a pile of assets.
This new paradigm (AGI arriving in our lifetimes) is beginning to change the way I optimize life design.