Compare with this quote from MacAskill’s “What We Owe the Future chapter 7”, showing exactly the problem you describe:
If scientists with Einstein-level research abilities
were cloned and trained from an early age, or if human beings were
genetically engineered to have greater research abilities, this could
compensate for having fewer people overall and thereby sustain
technological progress.
That quote seems taken out of context. I don’t know the passage (stagnation chapter?), but I don’t think Will was making that point in relation to what kind of skillset the EA community needs.
Strongly up voted.
Compare with this quote from MacAskill’s “What We Owe the Future chapter 7”, showing exactly the problem you describe:
That quote seems taken out of context. I don’t know the passage (stagnation chapter?), but I don’t think Will was making that point in relation to what kind of skillset the EA community needs.