Dagon comments on For what X would you be indifferent between living X days, but forgetting your day at the end of everyday, or living 10 days? (terminally)

[Dagon]

I recognize that time-value-of-utility is unsolved, and generally ignored for this kind of question. But I’m not sure I follow the reasoning that current-you must value future experiences based on what farther-future-you values.

Specifically, why would you require a very large X? Shouldn’t you value value both possibilities at 0, because you’re dead either way?

[Richard_Kennaway]

Specifically, why would you require a very large X? Shouldn’t you value value both possibilities at 0, because you’re dead either way?

No, because I’m alive now, and will be until I’m dead. Until then, I have the preferences and values that I have.