A board of twelve people is in charge of deciding which grant proposals to accept. Their foundation’s stated goal is to maximize the average number of hedons among the human race.
So they need to work out wtf a hedon is, put as many as possible in one person then kill all other humans?
You had best phrase your offer in a way that will appeal to whoever is trying to maximize average hedons. This, of course, means showing why they can put hedons into you more efficiently than they can anyone else. The maximisation process will involve killing nearly your entire species, leaving you alone. This being the case the selected candidate will be one who takes sadistic delight in the death of others, currently has no meaningful bonds with his or her fellow humans and above all has absolutely no standards regarding what will give them hedonistic pleasure.
So they need to work out wtf a hedon is, put as many as possible in one person then kill all other humans?
Great idea, I’m sold. I heroically sacrifice myself to be the hedon-recipient.
You had best phrase your offer in a way that will appeal to whoever is trying to maximize average hedons. This, of course, means showing why they can put hedons into you more efficiently than they can anyone else. The maximisation process will involve killing nearly your entire species, leaving you alone. This being the case the selected candidate will be one who takes sadistic delight in the death of others, currently has no meaningful bonds with his or her fellow humans and above all has absolutely no standards regarding what will give them hedonistic pleasure.
So volunteering to be involved in such a horrible plan is actually a pretty good start.
That’s one hell of a grant proposal/foundation.
That’s one hell of a goal.