@GabrielDuquette not joking but not straightforwardly happy with my current ability to identify/name the problem
@admittedlyhuman @GabrielDuquette hmm. i don't think that people dicking around and being funny is what bothers me. let me think
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@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette rationality was supposed to be a superweapon and now it's a clothing style -
@VesselOfSpirit@GabrielDuquette we overestimated the practical military applications for silk, is at least half the problem -
@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette applications to personal life yes, applications to coherent collective action no -
@VesselOfSpirit@GabrielDuquette I get the sense that effective-altruism type stuff has gained a good bit from the rationalist movement -
@VesselOfSpirit@GabrielDuquette and the initial goal of promoting AI risk work seems to have benefited too -
@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette sure. not saying it should never have existed -
@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette though there's a difference between altruism that is actually effective and the effective altruism brand -
@VesselOfSpirit@GabrielDuquette I can't really argue about effective altruism with you because my heart's not gonna be in it
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