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#292 - How Much Does the Future Matter?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Value

I don't think any, you know, reasonable definition of well-being would exclude the things you just mentioned. I mean, what we mean by value is something that could be actually or potentially valued by someone somewhere. So I think we differ a little bit on this where ... my best guess is that value is just a property of conscious experiences. But that's not something I would want to bake in. You know, there are other views where the satisfaction of carefully considered preferences is of positive value - even if that doesn't go via the change in any conscious experience.

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