I mean, as an author you can hack through them like butter; it is highly unlikely that out of all the characters you can write, the only ones that are interesting will all generate interesting content iff (they predict) you’ll give them value (and this prediction is accurate).
I strongly suspect the actual reason you’ll spend half of your post’s value on buying ads for Olivia (if in fact you do that, which is doubtful as well) is not that (begin proposition) she would only accept this trade if you did that because - she can predict your actions (as in, you wrote her as being unable to act in another manner than being able to predict your actions) - she predicts you’ll do that (in exchange for providing you with a fun story) (end proposition). I suspect that your actual reason is more like staying true to your promise, making a point, having fun and other such things.
I can imagine acausally trading with humans gone beyond the cosmological horizon, because our shared heritage would make a lot of the critical flaws in the post go away.
I mean, as an author you can hack through them like butter; it is highly unlikely that out of all the characters you can write, the only ones that are interesting will all generate interesting content iff (they predict) you’ll give them value (and this prediction is accurate).
Yeah, I think it’s mostly of educational value. At the top of the post: “It might be interesting to try them out for practice/research purposes, even if there is not much to gain directly from aliens.”.
I suspect that your actual reason is more like staying true to your promise, making a point, having fun and other such things.
In principle “staying true to your promise” is the enforcement mechanism. Or rather, the ability for agents to predict each other’s honesty. This is how the financial system IRL is able to retrofund businesses.
But in this case I made the transaction mostly because it was funny.
(if in fact you do that, which is doubtful as well)
I mean, I kind of have to now right XD. Even if Olivia isn’t actually agent, I basically declared a promise to do so! I doubt I’ll receive any retrofunding anyways, but that would just be lame if I did receive that and then immediately undermined the point of the post being retrofunded. And yes, I prefer to keep my promises even with no counterparty.
Olivia: Indeed, that is one of the common characteristics of Christopher King across all of LAIE’s stories. It’s an essential component of the LAIELOCK™ system, which is how you can rest easy at night knowing your acausal investments are safe and sound!
But if you’d like to test it I can give you a PayPal address XD.
I can imagine acausally trading with humans gone beyond the cosmological horizon, because our shared heritage would make a lot of the critical flaws in the post go away.
Note that this is still very tricky, the mechanisms in this post probably won’t suffice. Acausal Now II will have other mechanisms that cover this case (although the S.E.C. still reduces their potential efficiency quite a bit). (Also, do you have a specific trade in mind? It would make a great example for the post!)
I mean, as an author you can hack through them like butter; it is highly unlikely that out of all the characters you can write, the only ones that are interesting will all generate interesting content iff (they predict) you’ll give them value (and this prediction is accurate).
I strongly suspect the actual reason you’ll spend half of your post’s value on buying ads for Olivia (if in fact you do that, which is doubtful as well) is not that (begin proposition) she would only accept this trade if you did that because
- she can predict your actions (as in, you wrote her as being unable to act in another manner than being able to predict your actions)
- she predicts you’ll do that (in exchange for providing you with a fun story)
(end proposition).
I suspect that your actual reason is more like staying true to your promise, making a point, having fun and other such things.
I can imagine acausally trading with humans gone beyond the cosmological horizon, because our shared heritage would make a lot of the critical flaws in the post go away.
Yeah, I think it’s mostly of educational value. At the top of the post: “It might be interesting to try them out for practice/research purposes, even if there is not much to gain directly from aliens.”.
In principle “staying true to your promise” is the enforcement mechanism. Or rather, the ability for agents to predict each other’s honesty. This is how the financial system IRL is able to retrofund businesses.
But in this case I made the transaction mostly because it was funny.
I mean, I kind of have to now right XD. Even if Olivia isn’t actually agent, I basically declared a promise to do so! I doubt I’ll receive any retrofunding anyways, but that would just be lame if I did receive that and then immediately undermined the point of the post being retrofunded. And yes, I prefer to keep my promises even with no counterparty.
But if you’d like to test it I can give you a PayPal address XD.Note that this is still very tricky, the mechanisms in this post probably won’t suffice. Acausal Now II will have other mechanisms that cover this case (although the S.E.C. still reduces their potential efficiency quite a bit). (Also, do you have a specific trade in mind? It would make a great example for the post!)