You’re thinking of Free To Optimize, which says that keeping old laws has the benefit of making the legal system more predictable, so that people know the legal consequences of their actions / decisions. A little different frrom what you were doing.
As to point three, I don’t have a very good memory for my past thoughts, plans, or valuations, so my analogue of abandoning a cached-self would be deleting, deprecating, or archiving the external records I do have, like daily journals, school papers, or internet profiles. Cutting contact with friends and associates who remember things about me would also fall here, but that’s a lot harder to do, practically, hedonically, and in good conscience. The argument for hiding the past is just as you say; it’s refreshing, especially since I don’t feel a moral duty to past selves. On the other hand, if you delete too much of your past, there are some difficulties not being able to reference old materials or accomplishments, so I’d recommend archiving and deprecating long or important works where possible. For example, sometimes I think about trying to recompile the collection of music I liked when I was younger, which I don’t remember explicitly, even though I’m able to recognize individual songs when I rehear them. There’s a little sense of loss not knowing what my music tastes are / were.
You’re thinking of Free To Optimize, which says that keeping old laws has the benefit of making the legal system more predictable, so that people know the legal consequences of their actions / decisions. A little different frrom what you were doing.
As to point three, I don’t have a very good memory for my past thoughts, plans, or valuations, so my analogue of abandoning a cached-self would be deleting, deprecating, or archiving the external records I do have, like daily journals, school papers, or internet profiles. Cutting contact with friends and associates who remember things about me would also fall here, but that’s a lot harder to do, practically, hedonically, and in good conscience. The argument for hiding the past is just as you say; it’s refreshing, especially since I don’t feel a moral duty to past selves. On the other hand, if you delete too much of your past, there are some difficulties not being able to reference old materials or accomplishments, so I’d recommend archiving and deprecating long or important works where possible. For example, sometimes I think about trying to recompile the collection of music I liked when I was younger, which I don’t remember explicitly, even though I’m able to recognize individual songs when I rehear them. There’s a little sense of loss not knowing what my music tastes are / were.