Executive summary: Acting wholesomely feels aligned with commonsense morality but has tensions with some EA principles like “shut up and multiply”. However, a “wholesome EA” perspective can incorporate the value of EA while avoiding unwelcome implications.
Key points:
Wholesome action considers the whole system rather than maximizing narrow metrics. This contrasts with a “straw EA” fixation on the most important things.
Wholesome EA subsumes EA priorities into a larger concern for constructive participation in communities. It avoids unwholesome implications like neglecting loved ones.
Central challenges are balancing wholesomeness and expedience, and allocating attention between global and local concerns.
Many EA mistakes reflect failures of wholesomeness like single-minded over-focus or refusal to consider certain effects. A wholesome EA could help avoid such errors.
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Executive summary: Acting wholesomely feels aligned with commonsense morality but has tensions with some EA principles like “shut up and multiply”. However, a “wholesome EA” perspective can incorporate the value of EA while avoiding unwelcome implications.
Key points:
Wholesome action considers the whole system rather than maximizing narrow metrics. This contrasts with a “straw EA” fixation on the most important things.
Wholesome EA subsumes EA priorities into a larger concern for constructive participation in communities. It avoids unwholesome implications like neglecting loved ones.
Central challenges are balancing wholesomeness and expedience, and allocating attention between global and local concerns.
Many EA mistakes reflect failures of wholesomeness like single-minded over-focus or refusal to consider certain effects. A wholesome EA could help avoid such errors.
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Having complained about the summary on the last one, I thought I should say that this summary seems pretty decent :)