I assume he said something more nuanced and less prone to blindspots than that.
I think this is pretty close to what he said. I suspect he’d have some nuances if we drilled down into it.
This involves speculation on my part, but having known Critch moderately well, I’d personally bet that he has something like 10x to 30x fewer things lying around bothering him than most people (which maybe comes in waves where, first he had 10x fewer things lying around bothering him, then he set more ambitious goals for himself that created more bothersome things, then he fixed those, etc)
He probably does still have blindspots but I think the effect is real.
A non-rationalist friend of mine spontaneously said one thing he appreciates about me is that I vibe “taking action against problems”. This is from a guy I already estimate to have much higher than average agency. Part of that vibe in me is directly traceable to Raemon, and probably some other part is to rationalist community as a whole. So when Raemon says this about Critch I believe him.
I think this is pretty close to what he said. I suspect he’d have some nuances if we drilled down into it.
This involves speculation on my part, but having known Critch moderately well, I’d personally bet that he has something like 10x to 30x fewer things lying around bothering him than most people (which maybe comes in waves where, first he had 10x fewer things lying around bothering him, then he set more ambitious goals for himself that created more bothersome things, then he fixed those, etc)
He probably does still have blindspots but I think the effect is real.
There are many things that bother me that I can’t fix because someone else prefers them the way they are.
A non-rationalist friend of mine spontaneously said one thing he appreciates about me is that I vibe “taking action against problems”. This is from a guy I already estimate to have much higher than average agency. Part of that vibe in me is directly traceable to Raemon, and probably some other part is to rationalist community as a whole. So when Raemon says this about Critch I believe him.