Markov utilitarianism in 1,000 words

Published on October 3, 2026 1:51 PM GMTThis is a short companion to the longer post, "Markov utilitarianism: Copies can change where you're headed but not how you feel right now."Copying and merging digital minds may break traditional utilitarianism. "Markov utilitarianism" is a form of utilitarianism that results from applying two fixes to utilitarianism (shown here for total utilitarianism). Both fixes follow from the principle that only what some mind feels, or goes on to feel, should count....