I used to have a system of implicit moral contract with myself.
I saw my own situation as an iterated prisoner dilemma; any of my future selves could desist against its other selves, negating the hopes and dreams of past selves, depriving further selves of certain prospects, all of that for a short term benefit that would have negative long term consequences. The first to desist would win something on the moment, the others loose their investment or their potential. So I tried to keep to my word and plan ahead.
Not sure if I’m still strong willed enough to affirm I’m working like that. Actually, probably not in most cases.
Ainslie describes it more as a sequence of one-shot prisoner’s dilemmas; because we’re talking about agencies that differ as time passes, it doesn’t necessarily make sense to think of them as existing continuously.
I used to have a system of implicit moral contract with myself.
I saw my own situation as an iterated prisoner dilemma; any of my future selves could desist against its other selves, negating the hopes and dreams of past selves, depriving further selves of certain prospects, all of that for a short term benefit that would have negative long term consequences. The first to desist would win something on the moment, the others loose their investment or their potential. So I tried to keep to my word and plan ahead.
Not sure if I’m still strong willed enough to affirm I’m working like that. Actually, probably not in most cases.
Ainslie describes it more as a sequence of one-shot prisoner’s dilemmas; because we’re talking about agencies that differ as time passes, it doesn’t necessarily make sense to think of them as existing continuously.