Personally, if faced with someone who was motivated by money and was prepared to teach rationality as a way of obtaining it, I would be very interested in knowing why they’d chosen that route rather than some other, more lucrative route.
Lack of money threatens survival, so nearly everyone is motivated by money to some extent. You make a good point, but I’m not thinking of people looking to get rich when I refer to would-be rationality professionals: I mean people who are qualified for and passionate about teaching rationality but who also have bills to pay. It may be unrealistic to expect rationality dojos to happen on a purely amateur basis.
Personally, if faced with someone who was motivated by money and was prepared to teach rationality as a way of obtaining it, I would be very interested in knowing why they’d chosen that route rather than some other, more lucrative route.
Lack of money threatens survival, so nearly everyone is motivated by money to some extent. You make a good point, but I’m not thinking of people looking to get rich when I refer to would-be rationality professionals: I mean people who are qualified for and passionate about teaching rationality but who also have bills to pay. It may be unrealistic to expect rationality dojos to happen on a purely amateur basis.