I think there’s a lot of really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA who know a lot about this, and it’s a really good idea to run it by them. Core EA principles have opposed getting entangled with partisan politics for several years now, and as one of those really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA, I can definitely say that it’s much more complicated and nefarious than it appears.
But also as one of those really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA, I can also say that this has made a very solid case against those ant-political core principles, even if some things were extremely incorrect (e.g. “Democrats have a slim window to do something to save their Republic now, but they’re not taking it because Manchin and Sinema are idiots”).
There’s definitely plenty of extremely-plausible scenarios where EA needs to become much less risk-averse, and focus on high-risk high-reward hail-mary solutions. There’s definitely time constraints to get that foot in the door, no matter how you look at it.
I think there’s a lot of really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA who know a lot about this, and it’s a really good idea to run it by them. Core EA principles have opposed getting entangled with partisan politics for several years now, and as one of those really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA, I can definitely say that it’s much more complicated and nefarious than it appears.
But also as one of those really good governance/NatSec people affiliated with EA, I can also say that this has made a very solid case against those ant-political core principles, even if some things were extremely incorrect (e.g. “Democrats have a slim window to do something to save their Republic now, but they’re not taking it because Manchin and Sinema are idiots”).
There’s definitely plenty of extremely-plausible scenarios where EA needs to become much less risk-averse, and focus on high-risk high-reward hail-mary solutions. There’s definitely time constraints to get that foot in the door, no matter how you look at it.