Thanks. After thinking for a bit… it doesn’t seem to me that Topher frobnitzes Scott, so indeed Eliezer’s reaction seems inappropriately strong. Publishing emails that someone requested (and was not promised) privacy for is not an act of sadism.
I believe the idea was not that this was an act of frobnitzing, but that
Topher is someone who openly frobnitzes.
Now he’s done this, which is bad.
It is unsurprising that someone who openly frobnitzes does other bad things too.
Thanks. After thinking for a bit… it doesn’t seem to me that Topher frobnitzes Scott, so indeed Eliezer’s reaction seems inappropriately strong. Publishing emails that someone requested (and was not promised) privacy for is not an act of sadism.
I believe the idea was not that this was an act of frobnitzing, but that
Topher is someone who openly frobnitzes.
Now he’s done this, which is bad.
It is unsurprising that someone who openly frobnitzes does other bad things too.