I think what Habryka is saying is that while EA does have some notion of equality, the reason it sticks so close to mainstream egalitarianism is because humans don’t differ much. If there were multiple species civilizations like those in Orion’s Arm for example, where multiple orders of magnitude differences in abilities are present, than a lot of stratification and non-egalitarianism will happen solely by the value of freedom/empowerment.
And this poses a real moral dilemma for EA, primarily because of impossibility results around fairness/egalitarianism.
I think what Habryka is saying is that while EA does have some notion of equality, the reason it sticks so close to mainstream egalitarianism is because humans don’t differ much. If there were multiple species civilizations like those in Orion’s Arm for example, where multiple orders of magnitude differences in abilities are present, than a lot of stratification and non-egalitarianism will happen solely by the value of freedom/empowerment.
And this poses a real moral dilemma for EA, primarily because of impossibility results around fairness/egalitarianism.