Even before reading, I formulated an explanation for myself “all people who are too stupid not to jump off the roof will simply die out”, market mechanisms and natural selection will remove all the really destructive consequences of everyday stupidity available to them, will collect all the low-hanging fruits, so the study of rationality will help only in rare or individually weak negative consequences issues. On average, rationalists will be more successful than non-rationalists, but differences between individuals will be greater than differences between groups. Nevertheless, it seems to me that knowledge of techniques would make it possible to achieve the level of Yudkovsky, but only in the case of really good knowledge of them, solving problems with acrasia and setting a serious goal.
Even before reading, I formulated an explanation for myself “all people who are too stupid not to jump off the roof will simply die out”, market mechanisms and natural selection will remove all the really destructive consequences of everyday stupidity available to them, will collect all the low-hanging fruits, so the study of rationality will help only in rare or individually weak negative consequences issues. On average, rationalists will be more successful than non-rationalists, but differences between individuals will be greater than differences between groups. Nevertheless, it seems to me that knowledge of techniques would make it possible to achieve the level of Yudkovsky, but only in the case of really good knowledge of them, solving problems with acrasia and setting a serious goal.