No worries that you don’t have the time to explain it Michael! I’m glad to hear that others haven’t heard of the idea before and that this is a new topic. Hopefully someone else can explain it in more depth. I think sometimes concepts featured in 80K podcast episodes or other EA content can be really hard to grasp, and maybe others can create visuals, videos, or better explanations to help.
An example of another hard to grasp topic in 80K’s past episodes is complex cluelessness. I think Hilary Greaves and Arden did a good/okay job in explaining it, and I kinda get the idea, but it would be hard for me to explain without looking up the paper, reading the transcript, or listening to the podcast again.
I also still find the concept of complex cluelessness slippery, and am under the impression that many EAs misunderstand and misuse the term compared to Greaves’ intention. But if you haven’t seen it already, you may find this talk from Greaves’ helpful.
No worries that you don’t have the time to explain it Michael! I’m glad to hear that others haven’t heard of the idea before and that this is a new topic. Hopefully someone else can explain it in more depth. I think sometimes concepts featured in 80K podcast episodes or other EA content can be really hard to grasp, and maybe others can create visuals, videos, or better explanations to help.
An example of another hard to grasp topic in 80K’s past episodes is complex cluelessness. I think Hilary Greaves and Arden did a good/okay job in explaining it, and I kinda get the idea, but it would be hard for me to explain without looking up the paper, reading the transcript, or listening to the podcast again.
I also still find the concept of complex cluelessness slippery, and am under the impression that many EAs misunderstand and misuse the term compared to Greaves’ intention. But if you haven’t seen it already, you may find this talk from Greaves’ helpful.