some of us don’t know a single Young Earth Creationist or Trump fan (or hardly do)
We might not know any personally, but the elven magic of the intertubes makes it easy to read what they say, both as thoughtful essays and as casual chat.
let’s not forget that the people we don’t hang out with still exist
Sure, but so what?
they’re the cool ones that wield all the power
No, I don’t think so.
An old EY post was recently mentioned here and there is a relevant quote in it:
One of the major surprises I received when I moved out of childhood into the real world, was the degree to which the world is stratified by genuine competence.
People who wield all the power can usually speak the social language, but those who merely speak that language do not wield the power. It’s those who both can speak the language AND deal with reality that do.
Humanity’s current expenditure of resources is pathetically misaligned with its goals, and fixing that means power.
I am not quite sure I will trust the rationalists to define the goals of the humanity. I am quite sure I will not trust them with enough power to upend the society to end this “pathetic misalignment”.
We might not know any personally, but the elven magic of the intertubes makes it easy to read what they say, both as thoughtful essays and as casual chat.
Sure, but so what?
No, I don’t think so.
An old EY post was recently mentioned here and there is a relevant quote in it:
People who wield all the power can usually speak the social language, but those who merely speak that language do not wield the power. It’s those who both can speak the language AND deal with reality that do.
I am not quite sure I will trust the rationalists to define the goals of the humanity. I am quite sure I will not trust them with enough power to upend the society to end this “pathetic misalignment”.