Similarly, it’s worth being careful of arguments that lean heavily into longtermism or support concentration of power, because those frames can be used to justify pretty much anything. It doesn’t mean we should dismiss them outright—arguments for accumulating power are and long term thinking are convincing for a reason—but you should double check whether the author has strong principles, the path to getting there, and what it’s explicitly trading off against.
Similarly, it’s worth being careful of arguments that lean heavily into longtermism or support concentration of power, because those frames can be used to justify pretty much anything. It doesn’t mean we should dismiss them outright—arguments for accumulating power are and long term thinking are convincing for a reason—but you should double check whether the author has strong principles, the path to getting there, and what it’s explicitly trading off against.
Re: Vitalik Buterin on galaxy brain resistance.