I think that shards will cast contextual shadows into the factors of a person’s equilibrated utility function, because I think the shards are contextually activated to begin with. For example, if a person hates doing jumping jacks in front of a group of her peers, then that part of herself can bargain to penalize jumping jacks just in those contexts in the final utility function. Compared to a blanket “no jumping jacks ever” rule, this trade is less costly to other shards and allows more efficient trades to occur.
I think that shards will cast contextual shadows into the factors of a person’s equilibrated utility function, because I think the shards are contextually activated to begin with. For example, if a person hates doing jumping jacks in front of a group of her peers, then that part of herself can bargain to penalize jumping jacks just in those contexts in the final utility function. Compared to a blanket “no jumping jacks ever” rule, this trade is less costly to other shards and allows more efficient trades to occur.