I like your encouragement to create more art. However, I noticed cringing at some of your ideas in the appendix. I worry that they would end up being “poorly executed cultural artefacts [that] may put EA into disrepute” as you put it.
I do not feel capable of explaining exactly where the cringe reaction is coming from, but a few examples:
I do not like the idea in Beautopia of equating physical appearance with moral goodness, given that a) it is already an issue that people assume positive personality traits when they see physically attractive people and b) it assumes there is some objective and real “good” that can be calculated. And the final plot line implying that it is good to kill people we think are evil seems like a bad meme to spread.
Dead baby currency seems overly simplistic and insensitive, although I am having a hard time putting words to why. It also triggers scrupulosity concerns (for example, see http://www.givinggladly.com/2012/03/tradeoffs.html).
I like your encouragement to create more art. However, I noticed cringing at some of your ideas in the appendix. I worry that they would end up being “poorly executed cultural artefacts [that] may put EA into disrepute” as you put it.
I do not feel capable of explaining exactly where the cringe reaction is coming from, but a few examples:
I do not like the idea in Beautopia of equating physical appearance with moral goodness, given that a) it is already an issue that people assume positive personality traits when they see physically attractive people and b) it assumes there is some objective and real “good” that can be calculated. And the final plot line implying that it is good to kill people we think are evil seems like a bad meme to spread.
Dead baby currency seems overly simplistic and insensitive, although I am having a hard time putting words to why. It also triggers scrupulosity concerns (for example, see http://www.givinggladly.com/2012/03/tradeoffs.html ).
Finally, I am wary of how you refer to “Africa” monolithically. For more, see https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/confusing-country-continent-how-we-talk-about-africa/311621/.