I enjoyed this post and the novel framing, but I’m confused as to why you seem to want to lock in your current set of values—why is current you morally superior to future you?
Do I want my values changed to be more aligned with what’s good for the world? This is a hard philosophical question, but my tentative answer is: not inherently – only to the extent that it lets me do better according to my current values.
Speaking for myself personally, my values have changed quite a bit in the past ten years (by choice). Ten-years-ago-me would likely be doing something much different right now, but that’s not a trade that the current version of myself would want to make. In other words, it seems like in the case where you opt for ‘impactful toil’, that label no longer applies (it is more like ‘fun work’ per your updated set of values).
I enjoyed this post and the novel framing, but I’m confused as to why you seem to want to lock in your current set of values—why is current you morally superior to future you?
Speaking for myself personally, my values have changed quite a bit in the past ten years (by choice). Ten-years-ago-me would likely be doing something much different right now, but that’s not a trade that the current version of myself would want to make. In other words, it seems like in the case where you opt for ‘impactful toil’, that label no longer applies (it is more like ‘fun work’ per your updated set of values).