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The post “Value is Fragile” (2009-01-29) contests Y16. Using boredom and subjective experience as examples, he argues that a specification capturing almost all of human value can still yield a worthless future if one dimension is missing. Copy claim link
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Date 2009-01-29 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that human values can be written down or taught as a ready, compact specification. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Human values can be written down or taught as a ready, compact specification. Imported Overcoming Bias post (2009-01-29).
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Value is Fragile ↗ Overcoming Bias · 2009-01-29
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Source excerpt “Value isn't just complicated, it's fragile. There is more than one dimension of human value, where if just that one thing is lost, the Future becomes null.” Location in source Value is Fragile, paragraph beginning 'Value isn't just complicated'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 225766c56012e337219db6c361719e7594defa6672f5c584edf5caaa7973860b), content version 1.0.0. As imported to LessWrong. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Value is Fragile”, Overcoming Bias, as imported to LessWrong, 2009-01-29. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T16-d. The quotation (27 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 225766c56012e337219db6c361719e7594defa6672f5c584edf5caaa7973860b) when checked on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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