david.curran@... (David Curran) writes:
>I see many problems with these suggested measures
> Lifespan can be extended in all sorts of authoritarian ways. Ban
>smoking is an obvious one. Is there any way to measure the value of
>free choice in GDP+?{1}

If we had a good measure of psychological well-being, that should solve
this problem. I doubt we can solve the problem without measuring
psychological well-being.
If a ban on smoking is the worst problem produced by futarchy, I'll be
fairly satisfied with the results.

tehom@... (Tom Breton (Tehom)) writes:
>> Subjective comparisons with the past. Many people think that the past
>> there was no crime and the health care was much better. Almost all
>> evidence(2) I have seen seems to show these beliefs to be not very
>> accurate. If people do have rose tinted hindsight how can you
>> counteract this bias?
>
>I anticipated that objection and answered it. Perhaps you found my answer
>unconvincing. If so, could you say why?

People do a poor job of comparing their own emotions over time (see the
book Stumbling on Happiness for evidence). They are strongly influenced
by how they feel now and by how they think they ought to have felt. So
I think it's likely that having them compare feelings over time will
do more to add noise and/or bias than to add accurate information.

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