I agree that controversy and anger aren’t good per se, but people can be broadly right and also angry. Sometimes anger is pretty appropriate, even though critical distance and wisdom is also appropriate. I think people have over-updated from ‘I shouldn’t take people seriously just because they are emotional/angry’ to ‘if people are emotional/angry, I shouldn’t take them seriously’.
I also suspect that people care more about how anger is expressed, than the presence of it. E.g., Will McAskill and Rob Wiblin, in their recent statements on FTX, expressed anger -Will said ‘I am outraged’ and Rob said ‘I am fucking appalled’. But their statements were generally well-received, I suspect because though they stated they were angry, their tone was nonetheless detached.
I agree that controversy and anger aren’t good per se, but people can be broadly right and also angry. Sometimes anger is pretty appropriate, even though critical distance and wisdom is also appropriate. I think people have over-updated from ‘I shouldn’t take people seriously just because they are emotional/angry’ to ‘if people are emotional/angry, I shouldn’t take them seriously’.
I also suspect that people care more about how anger is expressed, than the presence of it. E.g., Will McAskill and Rob Wiblin, in their recent statements on FTX, expressed anger -Will said ‘I am outraged’ and Rob said ‘I am fucking appalled’. But their statements were generally well-received, I suspect because though they stated they were angry, their tone was nonetheless detached.