“Suffering is a mainly measure, rather than the target metric.”
What is the metric? What could be more important than reducing suffering and increasing happiness? Things are only bad if they cause suffering or reduce happiness, and only good if they increase happiness or decrease suffering.
“Either what you are doing was fine before, or you did not hereby make it fine.”
The bad things we do to animals (cages, slaughter, etc) are bad because it causes them suffering. If we find a way to prevent them from suffering, these bad things are no longer bad.
“but expect it to by default go very badly and see no way to coordinate for a better outcome.”
I think your point could be better made with specific examples of the things that could go wrong with this technology.
It’s worth noting that the woman with the FAAH-OUT mutation is a perfectly functional human, she’s just very happy and doesn’t have to deal with the unnecessary suffering that our brains inflict on us on a daily basis.
The problem with cocaine isn’t that it makes you happy. It’s the cycle of tolerance, withdrawal and addiction that causes the problem. Since wanting and liking are separate systems in the brain, there’s no reason, in theory, why you couldn’t have something that brings lasting happiness and reduction of suffering without the downsides.
“Suffering is a mainly measure, rather than the target metric.”
What is the metric? What could be more important than reducing suffering and increasing happiness? Things are only bad if they cause suffering or reduce happiness, and only good if they increase happiness or decrease suffering.
“Either what you are doing was fine before, or you did not hereby make it fine.”
The bad things we do to animals (cages, slaughter, etc) are bad because it causes them suffering. If we find a way to prevent them from suffering, these bad things are no longer bad.
“but expect it to by default go very badly and see no way to coordinate for a better outcome.”
I think your point could be better made with specific examples of the things that could go wrong with this technology.
It’s worth noting that the woman with the FAAH-OUT mutation is a perfectly functional human, she’s just very happy and doesn’t have to deal with the unnecessary suffering that our brains inflict on us on a daily basis.
The problem with cocaine isn’t that it makes you happy. It’s the cycle of tolerance, withdrawal and addiction that causes the problem. Since wanting and liking are separate systems in the brain, there’s no reason, in theory, why you couldn’t have something that brings lasting happiness and reduction of suffering without the downsides.