Thanks for the discussion. I think I understand what you’re pointing at, but I don’t model it as an inverted preference hierarchy, or even a distinct type of preference. Human preferences are very complicated graphs of long- and short-term intents, both rational, reflective goals and … illegible desires. These desires are intertwined and correlated, and change weights (and even composition) over time—sometimes intentionally, often environmentally.
Calling it an “inversion” implies that one set is more correct or desirable than another, AND that the correct one is subverted. I disagree with both of these things philosophically and generally, though there are specific cases where I agree for myself, and for most in the current environment. My intuitions are specific and contextual for those cases, not generalizable.
When one preference is expressed only because its holders are extracting resources from people or mindparts with the opposite preference, that seems to me to justify assigning the self-sustaining one priority of some kind.
Thanks for the discussion. I think I understand what you’re pointing at, but I don’t model it as an inverted preference hierarchy, or even a distinct type of preference. Human preferences are very complicated graphs of long- and short-term intents, both rational, reflective goals and … illegible desires. These desires are intertwined and correlated, and change weights (and even composition) over time—sometimes intentionally, often environmentally.
Calling it an “inversion” implies that one set is more correct or desirable than another, AND that the correct one is subverted. I disagree with both of these things philosophically and generally, though there are specific cases where I agree for myself, and for most in the current environment. My intuitions are specific and contextual for those cases, not generalizable.
When one preference is expressed only because its holders are extracting resources from people or mindparts with the opposite preference, that seems to me to justify assigning the self-sustaining one priority of some kind.