In principle it makes sense. But in reality right now, the only place where there’s a sizable MIRI-aligned community, is the community that’s entirely going the persnickety route. I’m open to different counterfactual comparisons, I’m just noting that compared to the world where there’s a sizable MIRI-aligned community that shows support for MIRI, this world is disappointing.
LessWrong is not an activist community, and should not become one. I think there are some promising arguments for trying to create activist spaces and communities (as well as some substantially valid warnings). I am currently kind of confused about how good it would be to create more of those spaces, but I think if it’s a good idea, people should not attempt to try to make LessWrong into one.
In principle it makes sense. But in reality right now, the only place where there’s a sizable MIRI-aligned community, is the community that’s entirely going the persnickety route. I’m open to different counterfactual comparisons, I’m just noting that compared to the world where there’s a sizable MIRI-aligned community that shows support for MIRI, this world is disappointing.
LessWrong is not an activist community, and should not become one. I think there are some promising arguments for trying to create activist spaces and communities (as well as some substantially valid warnings). I am currently kind of confused about how good it would be to create more of those spaces, but I think if it’s a good idea, people should not attempt to try to make LessWrong into one.