Do you mean that it’s pretty certain that I’m not obliged to be trying to have as many children as possible at all times?
Or that it’s pretty certain that the fact that it’s not clear that adding a person to the universe (as things stand today) will, on average, increase the amount of fun had down the line is why I’m not obliged to be trying to have as many children as possible at all times?
Or both?
Also: how important is it to you to manage your handle’s reputation in such a way as to maximize your ability to sway someone on LW in areas concerning ethical values and empathy?
Also: how important is it to you to manage your handle’s reputation in such a way as to maximize your ability to sway someone on LW in areas concerning ethical values and empathy?
Unimportant, because I’m poor at persuading the type of people who care about their status on LW anyway, and am only at all likely to make an impact on the type of person who, like me, cares little/sporadically about their signaling here.
Do you mean that it’s pretty certain that I’m not obliged to be trying to have as many children as possible at all times?
Or that it’s pretty certain that the fact that it’s not clear that adding a person to the universe (as things stand today) will, on average, increase the amount of fun had down the line is why I’m not obliged to be trying to have as many children as possible at all times?
Or both?
Also: how important is it to you to manage your handle’s reputation in such a way as to maximize your ability to sway someone on LW in areas concerning ethical values and empathy?
Hmm. Ehhh? …Feels like both.
Unimportant, because I’m poor at persuading the type of people who care about their status on LW anyway, and am only at all likely to make an impact on the type of person who, like me, cares little/sporadically about their signaling here.
OK, thanks for clarifying.