“Oh and btw, and while you are trying to increase the log-odds that humanity survives this century, don’t do anything stupid and rash that is way out-of distribution of normal actions. You are not some God who can do the full utilitarian calculus. If an action you are thinking about is far out-of-distribution and looks probably bad to a lot of people, it’s likely because it is. In other words, don’t naively take rash actions thinking it’s for the good of humanity. Default to 3⁄4 utilitarian.”
Yeah I mostly agree with Connor’s interpretation of Death with Dignity.
I know a lot of the community thought it was a bad post, and some thought it was downright infohazardous, but the concept of “death with dignity” is pretty lindy actually. When a group of soldiers are fighting a battle with awful odds, they don’t change their belief to “a miracle with save us”, they change their goal to “I’ll fight till my last breath”.
If people find the mindset harmful, then they won’t use it. If people find the mindset helpful, then they will use it. But I think everyone should try out the mindset for an hour or two.
“Oh and btw, and while you are trying to increase the log-odds that humanity survives this century, don’t do anything stupid and rash that is way out-of distribution of normal actions. You are not some God who can do the full utilitarian calculus. If an action you are thinking about is far out-of-distribution and looks probably bad to a lot of people, it’s likely because it is. In other words, don’t naively take rash actions thinking it’s for the good of humanity. Default to 3⁄4 utilitarian.”
Connor Leahy’s opinion on the post (55:33):
Yeah I mostly agree with Connor’s interpretation of Death with Dignity.
I know a lot of the community thought it was a bad post, and some thought it was downright infohazardous, but the concept of “death with dignity” is pretty lindy actually. When a group of soldiers are fighting a battle with awful odds, they don’t change their belief to “a miracle with save us”, they change their goal to “I’ll fight till my last breath”.
If people find the mindset harmful, then they won’t use it. If people find the mindset helpful, then they will use it. But I think everyone should try out the mindset for an hour or two.