I want to just appreciate the description you’ve given of interaction responsibility, and pointing out the dual tensions.
On the one hand, wanting to act but feeling worried that by merely getting involved you open yourself up to criticism, thereby imposing a tax on acting even when you think you would counterfactually make the situation better (something I think EA as a concept is correctly really opposed to in theory).
On the other hand, consequences matter, and if in fact your actions cause others who would have done a better job not to act, and that’s predictable, it needs to be taken into account. This is all really tough, and it bites for lots of orgs or people trying to do things that get negative feedback, and it also bites for the orgs giving negative feedback, which feels worth bearing in mind.
I want to just appreciate the description you’ve given of interaction responsibility, and pointing out the dual tensions.
On the one hand, wanting to act but feeling worried that by merely getting involved you open yourself up to criticism, thereby imposing a tax on acting even when you think you would counterfactually make the situation better (something I think EA as a concept is correctly really opposed to in theory).
On the other hand, consequences matter, and if in fact your actions cause others who would have done a better job not to act, and that’s predictable, it needs to be taken into account. This is all really tough, and it bites for lots of orgs or people trying to do things that get negative feedback, and it also bites for the orgs giving negative feedback, which feels worth bearing in mind.