[ExI] taxonomy for fermi paradox fans:

[Anders Sandberg]

Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> , 1/2/2015 8:28 PM:
If your goal includes living a long perceived life, then slowing down would be counterproductive. Besides, you can simulate a lot during that kind of time period if you have a portable energy source.


So Giovanni, I see a reason to speed up, but slightly less reason to slow down.



In about 1.2 trillion years the background radiation will reach 10^-30 K and then stay there due to horizon radiation. 


Since the cost of computation scales as kTln(2), that means that the same energy endowment can give you 10^30 times more computation if you save it till then than if you used it now. 


If you only care about the absolute amount of computation you can do (for example a 'solipsist' virtual civilization wanting to max its own subjective time of survival and internal richness), then it makes sense to pause until the late era.






Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University

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