meta-Schelling point

A coordination focal point shared across all sentient perspectives, grounded in the wish to be free from suffering.

A Schelling point (or focal point) is a solution that people tend to converge on in the absence of communication. A meta-Schelling point extends this idea beyond any particular coordination game to a universal level: it is a focal point that is salient across all possible perspectives and decision-theoretic situations.

The claim of the acausal compassion research program is that the wish to be free from suffering constitutes such a universal focal point. It is non-indexical in the sense that it does not depend on the particular identity, location, or circumstances of the agent considering it.