It actually does have practical applications for me, because it will be part of my calculations. I don’t know whether I should have any preference for the distribution of utility over my lifetime at all, before I consider things like uncertainty and opportunity cost. Does this mean you would say the answer is no?
I would say that before your current needs, uncertainty, opportunity cost, and changes in yourself the answer is debatable, that is, I can see it coming down to individual preferences.
But I still don’t see practical applications. For actual calculations you need some reasonable numbers and I don’t see how you are going to come up with them.
It actually does have practical applications for me, because it will be part of my calculations. I don’t know whether I should have any preference for the distribution of utility over my lifetime at all, before I consider things like uncertainty and opportunity cost. Does this mean you would say the answer is no?
I would say that before your current needs, uncertainty, opportunity cost, and changes in yourself the answer is debatable, that is, I can see it coming down to individual preferences.
But I still don’t see practical applications. For actual calculations you need some reasonable numbers and I don’t see how you are going to come up with them.