I don’t think that 2) really captures the objection the way I read it. It seems that on margin, there are much more cost effective ways of engaging math olympiad participants, and that the content distributed could be much more directly EA/AI related at lower cost than distributing 2000 pages of hard copy HPMoR.
I don’t think anyone should be trying to persuade IMO participants to join the EA community, and I also don’t think giving them “much more directly EA content” is a good idea.
I would prefer Math Olympiad winners to think about long-term, think better, and think independently, than to “join the EA community”. HPMoR seems ok because it is not a book trying to convince you to join a community, but mostly a book about ways how to think, and a good read.
(If they readers eventually become EAs after reasoning independently, it’s likely good; if they for example come to the conclusion there are mayor flaws in EA and it’s better to engage with the movement critically, it’s also good.)
I do think there is value in showing them that there exists a community that cares a lot about the long-term-future, and do think there is some value in them collaborating with that community instead of going off and doing their own thing, but the first priority should be to help them think better and about the long-term at all.
I think none of the other proposed books achieve this very well.
I don’t think that 2) really captures the objection the way I read it. It seems that on margin, there are much more cost effective ways of engaging math olympiad participants, and that the content distributed could be much more directly EA/AI related at lower cost than distributing 2000 pages of hard copy HPMoR.
I don’t think anyone should be trying to persuade IMO participants to join the EA community, and I also don’t think giving them “much more directly EA content” is a good idea.
I would prefer Math Olympiad winners to think about long-term, think better, and think independently, than to “join the EA community”. HPMoR seems ok because it is not a book trying to convince you to join a community, but mostly a book about ways how to think, and a good read.
(If they readers eventually become EAs after reasoning independently, it’s likely good; if they for example come to the conclusion there are mayor flaws in EA and it’s better to engage with the movement critically, it’s also good.)
Agree with this.
I do think there is value in showing them that there exists a community that cares a lot about the long-term-future, and do think there is some value in them collaborating with that community instead of going off and doing their own thing, but the first priority should be to help them think better and about the long-term at all.
I think none of the other proposed books achieve this very well.