the only way to ensure total future freedom of action is to make sure nothing ever happens, thus maximizing the number of available futures without ever actually choosing one.
That doesn’t make sense—why would the status quo, whatever it is, always maximize the number of available futures? Choosing a future does not restrict you, it does close some avenues but also opens other ones.
“Total freedom” is a silly concept, of course, but it’s just as silly as “Total ”.
Not sure how you determine degrees of plausibility :-/
The expression “total happiness” (other than in contexts of the “it’s like, dude, I was so totally chill and happy” kind) makes no more sense to me than “total freedom”.
That doesn’t make sense—why would the status quo, whatever it is, always maximize the number of available futures? Choosing a future does not restrict you, it does close some avenues but also opens other ones.
“Total freedom” is a silly concept, of course, but it’s just as silly as “Total ”.
Total happiness seems to make more plausible sense than total freedom.
Not sure how you determine degrees of plausibility :-/
The expression “total happiness” (other than in contexts of the “it’s like, dude, I was so totally chill and happy” kind) makes no more sense to me than “total freedom”.