The flipside though is if we can frame the issue in a way that there’s no obvious Democrat or Republican position, then we can, as Robin Hanson puts it, “pull the rope sideways”.
The very fact that much of the existential risk stuff is “strange sounding” relative to what most people are used to really thinking about in the context of political arguments might thus act as a positive.
The flipside though is if we can frame the issue in a way that there’s no obvious Democrat or Republican position, then we can, as Robin Hanson puts it, “pull the rope sideways”.
The very fact that much of the existential risk stuff is “strange sounding” relative to what most people are used to really thinking about in the context of political arguments might thus act as a positive.