I would also point out that I think the proposition that ” that social norms or norms of discourse should never disincentivize trying to do more than the very minimum one can get away with as an apathetic person or as a jerk” is both:
Probably undesirable to implement in practice because any criticism will have some disincentivizing effect.
Probably violated by your comment itself, since I’d guess that any normal person would be disincentivized to some extent by engaging in constructive criticism (above the baseline of apathy or jerkiness) that is likely to be labeled as immoral.
This is just to say that I value the general maxim you’re trying to advance here, but “never” is way too strong. Then it’s just a boring balancing question.
“Never” is too strong, okay. But I disagree with your second point. I feel like I was only speaking out against the framing that critics of EA are entitled to a lengthy reply because of EA being ambitious in its scope of caring. (This framing was explicit at least in the quoted paragraph, not necessarily in her post as a whole or her previous work.) I don’t feel like I was discouraging criticism. Basically, my point wasn’t about the act of criticizing at all, it was only about an added expectation that went with it, which I’d paraphrase as “EAs are doing something wrong unless they answer to my concerns point by point.”
I feel like I was only speaking out against the framing that critics of EA are entitled to a lengthy reply because of EA being ambitious in its scope of caring. (This framing was explicit at least in the quoted paragraph, not necessarily in her post as a whole or her previous work.)
Ah, okay. That seems more reasonable. Sorry for misunderstanding.
I would also point out that I think the proposition that ” that social norms or norms of discourse should never disincentivize trying to do more than the very minimum one can get away with as an apathetic person or as a jerk” is both:
Probably undesirable to implement in practice because any criticism will have some disincentivizing effect.
Probably violated by your comment itself, since I’d guess that any normal person would be disincentivized to some extent by engaging in constructive criticism (above the baseline of apathy or jerkiness) that is likely to be labeled as immoral.
This is just to say that I value the general maxim you’re trying to advance here, but “never” is way too strong. Then it’s just a boring balancing question.
“Never” is too strong, okay. But I disagree with your second point. I feel like I was only speaking out against the framing that critics of EA are entitled to a lengthy reply because of EA being ambitious in its scope of caring. (This framing was explicit at least in the quoted paragraph, not necessarily in her post as a whole or her previous work.) I don’t feel like I was discouraging criticism. Basically, my point wasn’t about the act of criticizing at all, it was only about an added expectation that went with it, which I’d paraphrase as “EAs are doing something wrong unless they answer to my concerns point by point.”
Ah, okay. That seems more reasonable. Sorry for misunderstanding.