For common knowledge: I don’t feel like this really responds to where thoughtful people are coming from in part because it isn’t specific enough about the proposal or what people are claiming. E.g., what does “pause now” concretely mean (there are many possible things here!). TBC, I’m not claiming everyone is thoughtful or has reasonable objections and I broadly agree with most of the counterarguments you raise. (I just don’t think these arguments are sufficient to imply a very strong conclusion about what we should do.)
The post wasn’t really a fleshed out version of itself, but, it seemed to be less advocating for a particular kind of pause, and more advocating that various arguments for not pausing now don’t seem like good reasons.
I read it like “whatever sort of pause you thought might be a good idea later, do you actually have a good reason not to do it now?”
For common knowledge: I don’t feel like this really responds to where thoughtful people are coming from in part because it isn’t specific enough about the proposal or what people are claiming. E.g., what does “pause now” concretely mean (there are many possible things here!). TBC, I’m not claiming everyone is thoughtful or has reasonable objections and I broadly agree with most of the counterarguments you raise. (I just don’t think these arguments are sufficient to imply a very strong conclusion about what we should do.)
The post wasn’t really a fleshed out version of itself, but, it seemed to be less advocating for a particular kind of pause, and more advocating that various arguments for not pausing now don’t seem like good reasons.
I read it like “whatever sort of pause you thought might be a good idea later, do you actually have a good reason not to do it now?”