Re: Bostrom—Part of the reason that EA was so susceptible to backlash from his writings was that the movement made him a central figure despite his already fringe and alarming views, which IMO should have been a red flag even before we knew about the outright racism. And this, I think, is a result of lack of diversity in the movement, and even more so in decisionmaking circles.
Re: Bostrom—Part of the reason that EA was so susceptible to backlash from his writings was that the movement made him a central figure despite his already fringe and alarming views, which IMO should have been a red flag even before we knew about the outright racism. And this, I think, is a result of lack of diversity in the movement, and even more so in decisionmaking circles.