The way I presented the problem also fails to account for the fact that it seems quite possible there is a strong apocalyptic fermi filter that will destroy humanity, as this could account for why it seems we are so early in the cosmic history (cosmic history is unavoidably about to end). This should skew us more toward hedonism.
Anatoly Karlin’s Katechon Hypothesis is one Fermi Paradox hypothesis that is similar to what you are describing. The basic idea is that if we live in a simulation, the simulation may have computational limits. Once advanced civilizations use too much computational power or outlive their usefulness, they are deleted from the simulation.
Anatoly Karlin’s Katechon Hypothesis is one Fermi Paradox hypothesis that is similar to what you are describing. The basic idea is that if we live in a simulation, the simulation may have computational limits. Once advanced civilizations use too much computational power or outlive their usefulness, they are deleted from the simulation.