An extremely good project -- which I may be interested in -- is forking LessWrong's angelic community norms from its disastrous ideology.
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Main problem is treating axioms of macroeconomics -- a considerably debunked discipline -- as axiomatic himself. IE, "GDP" as useful measure
My take: thoughtful people all know that GDP is flawed, but can’t settle on a credibly better alternative. See e.g. Mismeasuring Our Lives
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Sure. Definitely agree. I have a personal, kinda-emotional past with economics, so I feel personally pulled to engage when people tell me ..
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... that "very smart physics PHDs" employed in finance are somehow more correct, good, etc. I get that EY is making larger point than that
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