&gt; Few people care about how happy they&#x27;ll be when they&#x27;re dead; that seems like optimizing for something pointless.<p>&gt; You don&#x27;t want to look back on your life on your deathbed and think...<p>These statements are rather contradictory. On one hand you acknowledge that my happiness upon death is irrelevant, on the other I&#x27;m supposed to care about my life retrospective moments before death.