The weightings use “annoying pain” as a baseline. How many units of annoying pain would you exchange for a unit of moderate happiness? And then how many units of moderate happiness would you trade for a unit of various pleasant experiences (maybe stuff related to psychedelics, food, nature, music, meditation, exercise, laughter, love, success, beauty, relaxation, fulfillment, etc)?
I imagine the answers to the above questions vary significantly from person to person. I’d be keen to see any existing research on this topic.
Also, maybe I missed it, but the “Question 2” section seems to exclude any detailed contemplation of the value of various pleasant experiences. This makes the analysis seem imbalanced to me.
The weightings use “annoying pain” as a baseline. How many units of annoying pain would you exchange for a unit of moderate happiness? And then how many units of moderate happiness would you trade for a unit of various pleasant experiences (maybe stuff related to psychedelics, food, nature, music, meditation, exercise, laughter, love, success, beauty, relaxation, fulfillment, etc)?
I imagine the answers to the above questions vary significantly from person to person. I’d be keen to see any existing research on this topic.
Also, maybe I missed it, but the “Question 2” section seems to exclude any detailed contemplation of the value of various pleasant experiences. This makes the analysis seem imbalanced to me.