Ignore opsec for a moment. If he's discussing patient details, locations and dating material; that's a big ethics red flag we can't simply handwave away with pseudonymity.
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People have argued that I'm a public figure therefore xyz about me so many times before. Everyone who blogs or gets a few thousand followers on Twitter etc. faces that argument. It' not a good argument. And NYT respects pen names of much more public and important public figures.
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Sure, I’m not expecting that context to persuade you, I just think it’s worth making the distinction between people forced to be public figures (if only to express their conscience) and those who court that status deliberately.
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And I think people deserve a pen name until there is an argument on the merits. I've defended de-anonymization before (the reddit jailbait/creepshot moderator!). For SLC, he was careless is not an arguments on the merits. I know similar others; NYT respects their pen names.
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The thing though is anyone who cared already knew his name. There's even forum posts from 8 years before his blog launched when he was using the Scott Alexander moniker of his full name: https://shireroth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=74468 … https://amormundi.blogspot.com/2014/10/very-serious-robocalyptics.html … It even was a top Google search before.
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He also has republished his blogs in books, most notably, the article "No Time Like The Present For AI Safety Work" in the book "The Technological Singularity: Managing the Journey" under his real name. He makes the link in published material himself.pic.twitter.com/TK3OBUz1DJ
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