HPMOR and the LessWrong Sequences were firmly Weird Optimist, which is why I think they’ve gotten so much flak in recent years. Robin Hanson, though, has always been Weird Pessimist, like most public intellectuals. And EA is a Normal Optimist movement.
Amplify those who practice it? Or people who practiced it in the past?
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Yes! Although when I stop to think about who counts as WO I realise most of them would count as “problematic” today. Has our culture been re-optimised for pessimism (unless physical, like sleep or diet)?? That would be most counterproductive.
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What are you, by the way?