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Answer by Visa OmOct 25, 20211
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H/t to Qualia Computing: 

"Desiring that the universe be turned into Hedonium is the straightforward implication of realizing that everything wants to become music.

The problem is… the world-simulations instantiated by our brains are really good at hiding from us the what-it-is-likeness of peak experiences. Like Buddhist enlightenment, language can only serve as a pointer to the real deal. So how do we use it to point to Hedonium? Here is a list of experiences, concepts and dynamics that (personally) give me at least a sort of intuition pump for what He... (read more)

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Visa Om3y4
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I personally would like the last experience in the universe to be something akin to being wrapped in a warm blanket and very slowly falling asleep, an experience of comfort (and not much discursive thought)

Thanks! I've added this as an answer above.

I think that the problem is not lack of energy, but lack of energy gradients or negentropy to get any useful work out of.

This seems connected to the energy gradients between our (markov?) blankets and the cold world.

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Answer by Visa OmOct 20, 20218
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"I personally would like the last experience in the universe to be something akin to being wrapped in a warm blanket and very slowly falling asleep, an experience of comfort (and not much discursive thought)" - Niplav
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That is very cute :-)
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Visa Om3y3
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As Roland Barthes says 'the author is dead', but, in my book, your interpretation is right on the money.

I liked your interpretation of how to create hedonium in such a circumstance!

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