@GabrielDuquette I think of wireheading like Plato's cave. It _is_ the stimulus for which all others are shadows.
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Replying to @ContentOfMedia
Skip relationships. Wirehead the feeling of being loved directly in your brain.
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@ContentOfMedia "But would *you* sign that contract?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient In a heartbeat. Unlike pure-pleasure wireheading, feeling loved won't stop me from eating, or even fucking.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia I wouldn't; it would stop me from seeking out love. Post-wirehead me would be happy, but current me would be horrified.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@CurlOfGradient This is probably a demographic difference. I'm divorced and remember dial-up BBSs. (mask slips.)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@CurlOfGradient current _me_ is already horrified by the danger of relationships.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia If I ever became a singleton I would spread through the galaxy like the Reapers, but destroying civs that wirehead instead.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia An over-reaction, but that's how horrible it seems to me. Don't put me in charge of anything.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@CurlOfGradient Wireheading straight to the pleasure circuit seems like it would destroy one's humanity. "Feeling loved" seems safer.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@ContentOfMedia I tend to view all self-modification as goalpost-moving. But that's just me.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient a lot of it seems to be. I wonder which self-modifications actually make you better, instead of just justifying who you are.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia It's hard to demarcate, but I'm mostly wary of goal-changing and circumventing. Living longer, better senses, etc. are fine.0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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