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How does the expectation of an infinite and highly-desirable afterlife impact time preference?

I could see this going two opposite ways:

- Do the bare minimum to guarantee access to said afterlife and, once infinite pleasure is expected, take on no additional responsibilities nor lower time preference any more than necessary to maximize current satisfaction.

- Alternatively: once infinite pleasure is guaranteed, realize that you can endure _any_ dissatisfaction now during your finite life, knowing that ultimate satisfaction awaits.

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Comte de Sats Germain 7mo ago

Even as a fairly spiritual type of person, I think most ideas of heaven are silly at best, and almost certainly a political scheme to control the herd.

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vinney...axkl 7mo ago

I one million percent agree with the latter half of that sentence

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