wondered if age of existential risk necessitates a greater ethical commitment than previous times, given the colossal stakes
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Replying to @_jordan_bates
Hmm… I doubt ethics is a useful framework for thinking about existential risk. But I haven’t thought that through in detail.
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Replying to @Meaningness
seems to me the average person can help mitigate existential risk (to small extent) by living compassionately, sustainably...
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minimalistically, self-reliantly; by practicing epistemic kindness/virtue (https://twitter.com/_jordan_bates/status/595665045251579904 …); and by raising awareness
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Replying to @_jordan_bates @Meaningness
maybe relevant: the ethics of ppl like
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Replying to @_jordan_bates
Yeeesss… I see what they are doing (and x-risk mitigation in general) as practical, not ethical. Maybe just semantics.
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Replying to @Meaningness
interesting, i gotcha. effective altruism movement seems to frame x-risk mitigation as ethical; guess i inherited their frame
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Replying to @_jordan_bates
I’m generally aligned with EA, but I think their narrative is somewhat distorted by “mission,” a “confused stance”….
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Replying to @Meaningness
ah, that's really interesting. i'm sure a full-length critique of EA within your framework would interest many people
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Replying to @_jordan_bates
Too many things to write! And I basically think EA is very good, although a bit distorted in some ways.
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The utilitarian framework is a problem partly because it makes it hard to find room for supererogation (and so freedom).
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Replying to @Meaningness @_jordan_bates
Or, to put the same thing a different way, EA tends to amplify ethical anxiety, which I don’t think is healthy.
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Replying to @Meaningness @_jordan_bates
“Am I ethical enough?” is a bad question. “What can I do to be useful that would also be enjoyable” is a better one.
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