You too? So how do we decide which of us goes by Lazarus and which Woodrow—flip a coin?
Let’s define our future selves as agents that we can strongly influence, and that we strongly care about.
English is so imprecise. Taboo “care about”. Do we mean ‘has a value in my utility function’ or ‘has a positive value in my utility function’? Is ‘hate’ really a synonym for what is meant in the above definition by ‘care about’?
You too? So how do we decide which of us goes by Lazarus and which Woodrow—flip a coin?
English is so imprecise. Taboo “care about”. Do we mean ‘has a value in my utility function’ or ‘has a positive value in my utility function’? Is ‘hate’ really a synonym for what is meant in the above definition by ‘care about’?
So the lesson here, for me, is to be very precise with language when agreeing with someone whose username derives from the word pedantic :)
Clearly this means we are each other’s worst enemies. So, how old are you, anyway? You could be me, but I might have forgotten if I were you.
And terrific’s my middle name, yep.