A non-exhaustive list of them in very approximate descending order of average loudness:
Offspring (optimising for existence, health and status thereof. This is my most motivating goal right now and most of my actions are towards optimising for this, in more or less direct ways.)
Learning interesting things
Sex (and related brain chemistry feelings)
Love (and related brain chemistry feelings)
Empathy and care for other humans
Prestige and status
Epistemic rationality
Material comfort
I notice the problem mainly as the loudness of “Offspring” varies based on hormone levels, whereas “Learning new things” doesn’t. In particular when I optimise almost entirely for offspring, cryonics is a waste of time and money, but on days where “learning new things” gets up there it isn’t.
A non-exhaustive list of them in very approximate descending order of average loudness:
Offspring (optimising for existence, health and status thereof. This is my most motivating goal right now and most of my actions are towards optimising for this, in more or less direct ways.)
Learning interesting things
Sex (and related brain chemistry feelings)
Love (and related brain chemistry feelings)
Empathy and care for other humans
Prestige and status
Epistemic rationality
Material comfort
I notice the problem mainly as the loudness of “Offspring” varies based on hormone levels, whereas “Learning new things” doesn’t. In particular when I optimise almost entirely for offspring, cryonics is a waste of time and money, but on days where “learning new things” gets up there it isn’t.