This kind of approach favors the weirdos who want to live forever, never reproduce, and be king of the whole universe. They only have to wait log_R(N) generations where R is the average reproduction rate and N is the current number of people.
I think the only realistic solution is maximizing average expected utility (which still has some weird edge-cases like utility monster) or maximizing the minimum expected utility of any person (drag everyone up to some minimum goodness, once they exist), which doesn't get humanity as much overall utility in the long run but avoids so many bad edge-cases that it may be worth it.
> They only have to wait log_R(N) generations where R is the average reproduction rate and N is the current number of people.
I don't think so? The wannabe dictator only gets voting power from his dying ancestors, they can never get more voting power than all their ancestors had together, no matter how much they wait. And even that edge case would only happen if all their ancestors died and had no other living descendants.
Thanks, good point; But a 7.7B^-1 share of the universe is still an incredible amount of power in the long run, and I think serves as a bit of a perverse incentive. Similar to trying to hold Bitcoin for decades.
I think the only realistic solution is maximizing average expected utility (which still has some weird edge-cases like utility monster) or maximizing the minimum expected utility of any person (drag everyone up to some minimum goodness, once they exist), which doesn't get humanity as much overall utility in the long run but avoids so many bad edge-cases that it may be worth it.