Assuming that we run on corrupted hardware, how much should we trust explanations: “I should get a lot of money and power, because I am a good person, so this will help the whole society”?
Also, if I tried to convert you to a money-making cult, such as Amway, I would start by describing the good things you could do after you become super-rich. Not because we are at LW where we signal that we care about saving the world, but because this is the standard recruitment tactic.
(This does not prove that “80,000 hours” is a bad thing. I just explain how it pattern-matches and creates a negative vibe.)
Assuming that we run on corrupted hardware, how much should we trust explanations: “I should get a lot of money and power, because I am a good person, so this will help the whole society”?
Also, if I tried to convert you to a money-making cult, such as Amway, I would start by describing the good things you could do after you become super-rich. Not because we are at LW where we signal that we care about saving the world, but because this is the standard recruitment tactic.
(This does not prove that “80,000 hours” is a bad thing. I just explain how it pattern-matches and creates a negative vibe.)
EDIT: Also, be wary of convenient clever arguments for doing something you’d probably want to do anyway.