I felt-sense-disagree. (I haven’t yet downvoted the article, but I strongly considered it). I’ll try to explore why I feel that way.
One reason probably is that I treat posts as having a different claim than other forms of publishing on this forum (and LessWrong)—they (implicitly) make a claim that they’re finished & polished content. When I open a post I expect a person to have done some work that tries to uphold standards of scholarship and care, which this post doesn’t show. I’d’ve been far less disappointed if this were a comment or a shortform post.
The other part is probably paying attention to status and the standards that are put upon people with high status: I expect high status people to not put much effort into whatever they produce as they can coast on status, which seems like the thing that’s happening here. (Although one could argue that the MIRI fraction is losing status/already low-ish status and this consideration doesn’t apply here).
Additionally, I was disappointed that the text didn’t say anything that I wouldn’t have expected, which probably fed into my felt-sense of wanting to downvote. I’m not sure I reflectively endorse this feeling.
I felt-sense-disagree. (I haven’t yet downvoted the article, but I strongly considered it). I’ll try to explore why I feel that way.
One reason probably is that I treat posts as having a different claim than other forms of publishing on this forum (and LessWrong)—they (implicitly) make a claim that they’re finished & polished content. When I open a post I expect a person to have done some work that tries to uphold standards of scholarship and care, which this post doesn’t show. I’d’ve been far less disappointed if this were a comment or a shortform post.
The other part is probably paying attention to status and the standards that are put upon people with high status: I expect high status people to not put much effort into whatever they produce as they can coast on status, which seems like the thing that’s happening here. (Although one could argue that the MIRI fraction is losing status/already low-ish status and this consideration doesn’t apply here).
Additionally, I was disappointed that the text didn’t say anything that I wouldn’t have expected, which probably fed into my felt-sense of wanting to downvote. I’m not sure I reflectively endorse this feeling.