The call for science to be done in service to society reminds me of Nicholas Maxwell’s call to redirect academia to work towards wisdom rather than knowledge (see here and also here). I haven’t read any of Maxwell’s books on this, but it surprises me that there doesn’t seem to be any interaction between him and EA philosophers at other UK institutes as Maxwell’s research seems to be generally EA aligned (although limited to the broad-meta level).
The call for science to be done in service to society reminds me of Nicholas Maxwell’s call to redirect academia to work towards wisdom rather than knowledge (see here and also here). I haven’t read any of Maxwell’s books on this, but it surprises me that there doesn’t seem to be any interaction between him and EA philosophers at other UK institutes as Maxwell’s research seems to be generally EA aligned (although limited to the broad-meta level).