@KevinSimler he cracks me up - he literally can't conceive of people not being glad to be alive, like William James' description of Whitman
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@sarahdoingthing still I think that on average people are happy to have been born. do you have arguments to the contrary?
@sarahdoingthing nm, that's clearly what the book is for :). would be happy for a blog link tho, if you have one
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@KevinSimler these are a couple taking preferentism seriously http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2011/06/mathematics-of-misery-what-human.html … / http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2011/11/blind-to-downside.html … second one is more fun ;) -
@sarahdoingthing that first article was intense. explains why I've always been baffled by how some others take such risks with their lives - 2 more replies
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