I missed the review notification while it would have been timely, but it’s worth writing a self-review now that I’ve seen the notification.
I continue to endorse this post in full and believe subsequent events have borne out my decision to write and publish it as I did, when I did. At the time, Lightcone mentioned they were working on another reply to Nonlinear, and it would have been better to wait before writing a comprehensive reaction. Almost a year and a half later, no reply ever came. Looking back at this sequence of events, I remain impressed with the way the effective altruism community responded to my post and unimpressed with the way the rationalist community responded. It continues to color my impression of the rationalist community.
I can’t object to decisions to let topics fade quietly—heaven knows I have plenty of posts I mean to write and never quite get around to—but I do think it’s worth explicitly emphasizing that I learned nothing in public or in private that meaningfully changes my assessment of the situation or my decision to publish this post precisely as I did.
I missed the review notification while it would have been timely, but it’s worth writing a self-review now that I’ve seen the notification.
I continue to endorse this post in full and believe subsequent events have borne out my decision to write and publish it as I did, when I did. At the time, Lightcone mentioned they were working on another reply to Nonlinear, and it would have been better to wait before writing a comprehensive reaction. Almost a year and a half later, no reply ever came. Looking back at this sequence of events, I remain impressed with the way the effective altruism community responded to my post and unimpressed with the way the rationalist community responded. It continues to color my impression of the rationalist community.
I can’t object to decisions to let topics fade quietly—heaven knows I have plenty of posts I mean to write and never quite get around to—but I do think it’s worth explicitly emphasizing that I learned nothing in public or in private that meaningfully changes my assessment of the situation or my decision to publish this post precisely as I did.