I think the steelman / best version of e/acc is that it’s basically just standard transhumanism + libertarianism, which are both generally good and backed by intellectually deep schools of thought. The problem is that its’ adherents frequently misunderstand or reject some important philosophical and technical points and caveats that Eliezer and a few other people noticed and addressed like 15 years ago. So they wind up rehashing a lot of old arguments in formats (short-form tweets / dunks / memes) that are not very interesting or convincing to long-time rationalists and other smart folks who have already grappled with >1M words of high-quality discourse on these issues.
I think the steelman / best version of e/acc is that it’s basically just standard transhumanism + libertarianism, which are both generally good and backed by intellectually deep schools of thought. The problem is that its’ adherents frequently misunderstand or reject some important philosophical and technical points and caveats that Eliezer and a few other people noticed and addressed like 15 years ago. So they wind up rehashing a lot of old arguments in formats (short-form tweets / dunks / memes) that are not very interesting or convincing to long-time rationalists and other smart folks who have already grappled with >1M words of high-quality discourse on these issues.