Back-of-the-envelope math indicates that an ordinary NPC in our world needs to double their power like 20 times over to become a PC. That’s a tough ask. I guess the lesson is either give up or go all in.
There are around 8 billion humans, so an ordinary person has a very small fraction of the power needed to steer humanity in any particular direction. A very large number of doublings are required to be a relevant factor.
That’s an interesting idea. However, people who read this comments probably already have power much greater than the baseline—a developed country, high intelligence, education, enough money and free time to read websites...
Not sure how many of those 20 doublings still remain.
I thought the statement was pretty clearly not about the average lesswronger.
But in terms of the “call to action” − 20 was pretty conservative, so I think it’s still in that range, and doesn’t change the conclusions one should draw much.
Back-of-the-envelope math indicates that an ordinary NPC in our world needs to double their power like 20 times over to become a PC. That’s a tough ask. I guess the lesson is either give up or go all in.
Can you expand on this? I’m not sure what you mean but am curious about it.
There are around 8 billion humans, so an ordinary person has a very small fraction of the power needed to steer humanity in any particular direction. A very large number of doublings are required to be a relevant factor.
That’s an interesting idea. However, people who read this comments probably already have power much greater than the baseline—a developed country, high intelligence, education, enough money and free time to read websites...
Not sure how many of those 20 doublings still remain.
I thought the statement was pretty clearly not about the average lesswronger.
But in terms of the “call to action” − 20 was pretty conservative, so I think it’s still in that range, and doesn’t change the conclusions one should draw much.