I feel somewhat bad that this post caused a user to become so outraged that they incinerated triple-digit karma in response. I didn’t want to get involved in that conversation, but perhaps it would have been better to delete it before it spiraled.
To provide a bit of context for this Q&A: it was held in a private apartment, as a free to attend meetup that Diana and Geoffrey volunteered their time for. Every question asked by me or by the audience was driven by pure curiosity, no one was trying to be edgy or promote an agenda. This doesn’t mean that I endorse every opinion they hold, and indeed, as soon as the recorded interview ended our group argued about these topics for hours. I do, however, endorse Diana and Geoffrey as kind, thoughtful people who hold no prejudice or hate.
I shared this because I promised Diana and Geoffrey that I will transcribe and post the entire interview for them to refer to and for our friends who couldn’t attend. If you disliked or downvoted this post: do you think the world would be better off if I held the interview and didn’t post the transcript?
I am quite glad you posted it, and don’t think that comment should discourage you from posting more similar things.
In general I am very excited to see more conversations being written up as transcripts and posted online, and would be really sad if this would prevent that trend from taking hold more.
This interview transcript provides expert opinions on interesting questions. There’s a cost to be payed by publishing controversial opinions but if we would limit LessWrong by stopping to post any opinions that could cause users to become outraged, that would reduce the value of it.
I feel somewhat bad that this post caused a user to become so outraged that they incinerated triple-digit karma in response. I didn’t want to get involved in that conversation, but perhaps it would have been better to delete it before it spiraled.
To provide a bit of context for this Q&A: it was held in a private apartment, as a free to attend meetup that Diana and Geoffrey volunteered their time for. Every question asked by me or by the audience was driven by pure curiosity, no one was trying to be edgy or promote an agenda. This doesn’t mean that I endorse every opinion they hold, and indeed, as soon as the recorded interview ended our group argued about these topics for hours. I do, however, endorse Diana and Geoffrey as kind, thoughtful people who hold no prejudice or hate.
I shared this because I promised Diana and Geoffrey that I will transcribe and post the entire interview for them to refer to and for our friends who couldn’t attend. If you disliked or downvoted this post: do you think the world would be better off if I held the interview and didn’t post the transcript?
I am quite glad you posted it, and don’t think that comment should discourage you from posting more similar things.
In general I am very excited to see more conversations being written up as transcripts and posted online, and would be really sad if this would prevent that trend from taking hold more.
This interview transcript provides expert opinions on interesting questions. There’s a cost to be payed by publishing controversial opinions but if we would limit LessWrong by stopping to post any opinions that could cause users to become outraged, that would reduce the value of it.