I think the missing step here is that revealed preference suggest that most Sentinelese people would change their lives to become like us, but we wouldn’t change to become like them. So the model doesn’t predict what people actually want.
To caveat this: If we have higher wellbeing, and they are trying to maximise wellbeing, then all these things align. But people might not be maximising wellbeing or might not be good at it.
I agree that revealed preference and survey responses can differ.
Unless WELLBYs take account of revealed preferences they’ll fail to predict what people actually want
Are you claiming that this would be a neccasary thing to prove or this is true but op didn’t include it. I would certainly consider becoming a hunter gatherer if I didn’t have an established life and friends and family
I think the missing step here is that revealed preference suggest that most Sentinelese people would change their lives to become like us, but we wouldn’t change to become like them. So the model doesn’t predict what people actually want.
To caveat this:
If we have higher wellbeing, and they are trying to maximise wellbeing, then all these things align.
But people might not be maximising wellbeing or might not be good at it.
I agree that revealed preference and survey responses can differ. Unless WELLBYs take account of revealed preferences they’ll fail to predict what people actually want
Are you claiming that this would be a neccasary thing to prove or this is true but op didn’t include it. I would certainly consider becoming a hunter gatherer if I didn’t have an established life and friends and family