There’s a lot of ways in which speedrunning is like paperclip maximisation: speedrunning doesn’t contribute to society and further paperclips after we’ve produced a certain amount become useless.
I’m still confused by the analogy though. Because seems like a lot of people may do speedrunning for fun—but maybe you see it as more about status—while paperclip production isn’t fun. I think this makes a difference though, as even though we don’t want our society to produce absurd amounts of paperclips, we probably do want lots of niche ways to have fun.
Competitive paperclip maximization in a controlled setting sounds like it might be fun. The important thing is that it’s one thing that’s fun out of many things, and variety is important.
Thinking this through.
There’s a lot of ways in which speedrunning is like paperclip maximisation: speedrunning doesn’t contribute to society and further paperclips after we’ve produced a certain amount become useless.
I’m still confused by the analogy though. Because seems like a lot of people may do speedrunning for fun—but maybe you see it as more about status—while paperclip production isn’t fun. I think this makes a difference though, as even though we don’t want our society to produce absurd amounts of paperclips, we probably do want lots of niche ways to have fun.
Competitive paperclip maximization in a controlled setting sounds like it might be fun. The important thing is that it’s one thing that’s fun out of many things, and variety is important.