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This is a blog on why we believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, how we might do better, and what our descendants might do, if they don't all die.
If your life has negative utility, and you only defer suicide in the hopes of someday attaining positive utility, it makes sense to play the lottery. You can always kill yourself if you lose.
Male-to-female ratio. The two great fiction franchises of the Millenials are Harry Potter and Twilight. Choose one.