To be honest, I was expecting to get pushback from libertarian-leaning types who were opposed to Orwell’s socialism, or leftwing types opposed to Churchill—he’s become controversial recently and this review was partly a defense of the key thing that I think is valuable about him. Or else pushback against my claim that you can trace EA and longtermist ideas that far back—but maybe this audience just agrees with me on all of these points!
To be honest, I was expecting to get pushback from libertarian-leaning types who were opposed to Orwell’s socialism, or leftwing types opposed to Churchill—he’s become controversial recently and this review was partly a defense of the key thing that I think is valuable about him. Or else pushback against my claim that you can trace EA and longtermist ideas that far back—but maybe this audience just agrees with me on all of these points!