I’m making projections based on psychological facts about myself. Anticipating being friendless and alone makes me unhappy all by itself; but I do have some data on how I get when it actually happens. I don’t think I would be able to bring to bear these clever solutions if that happened (to the appropriate greater magnitude).
I do consider this a problem, so I am actively trying to arrange to have someone I’d find suitable signed up (in either direction would work for). This is probably a matter of time, since my top comment here did yield responses. I’d bet you money, if you like, that (barring financial disaster on my part) I’ll be signed up within the next two years.
I asked this elsewhere, but I’ll ask again: what if the unhappiness and distress caused by the lack of friends could suddenly just disappear? If you could voluntarily suppress it, or stop suppressing it? There will almost certainly be technology in a post-revival future to let you do that, and you could wake up with that ability already set up.
I’m making projections based on psychological facts about myself. Anticipating being friendless and alone makes me unhappy all by itself; but I do have some data on how I get when it actually happens. I don’t think I would be able to bring to bear these clever solutions if that happened (to the appropriate greater magnitude).
I do consider this a problem, so I am actively trying to arrange to have someone I’d find suitable signed up (in either direction would work for). This is probably a matter of time, since my top comment here did yield responses. I’d bet you money, if you like, that (barring financial disaster on my part) I’ll be signed up within the next two years.
I asked this elsewhere, but I’ll ask again: what if the unhappiness and distress caused by the lack of friends could suddenly just disappear? If you could voluntarily suppress it, or stop suppressing it? There will almost certainly be technology in a post-revival future to let you do that, and you could wake up with that ability already set up.