That shouldn’t sufficiently explain why it doesn’t get steam within LW / rationalist / EA / X-derisking. I mean you’re right that it does explain that practically speaking, because people think it will be hard due to memetic unfitness. But I think they are visibly mistaken about that, and it’s actually fairly obvious, so it’s still a strategic blunder.
That shouldn’t sufficiently explain why it doesn’t get steam within LW / rationalist / EA / X-derisking. I mean you’re right that it does explain that practically speaking, because people think it will be hard due to memetic unfitness. But I think they are visibly mistaken about that, and it’s actually fairly obvious, so it’s still a strategic blunder.