The mathematical details vary too much with the specific circumstances for me to estimate in terms of days of labor. Important factors to me include risk mitigation and securing a greater proportion of the negentropy of the universe for myself (and things I care about). Whether other people choose to duplicate themselves (which in most plausible cases will impact on neg-entropy consumption) would matter. Non-duplication would then represent a cooperation with other potential trench diggers.
I hope some of what I said there conveys at least some of the relevant terminal considerations. I can’t claim to know my CEV but I suspect “having more neg-entropy” may be among my terminal values.
The mathematical details vary too much with the specific circumstances for me to estimate in terms of days of labor. Important factors to me include risk mitigation and securing a greater proportion of the negentropy of the universe for myself (and things I care about). Whether other people choose to duplicate themselves (which in most plausible cases will impact on neg-entropy consumption) would matter. Non-duplication would then represent a cooperation with other potential trench diggers.
I’m only asking about terminal value, not instrumental value. Suppose all instrumental considerations no longer apply.
I hope some of what I said there conveys at least some of the relevant terminal considerations. I can’t claim to know my CEV but I suspect “having more neg-entropy” may be among my terminal values.