That was the point I had meant to convey, Aaron. Thanks for clarifying that.
This seems like an important critique, Tobias, and I thank you for it. It was a useful readjustment to realise I wouldn’t be exceptionally wealthy for doing this in either society at large or the EA community. My sense is still that even being in the 92nd percentile of the UK going into this would be really valuable. Not world-changing valuable, but life-changing for many. That everything might get solved by technology and richer people is plausible, given the challenges in predicting how the future will pan out. I see this strategy mainly as a backstop to mitigate the awfulness of the most S-risk intensive ways this could go.
That was the point I had meant to convey, Aaron. Thanks for clarifying that.
This seems like an important critique, Tobias, and I thank you for it. It was a useful readjustment to realise I wouldn’t be exceptionally wealthy for doing this in either society at large or the EA community. My sense is still that even being in the 92nd percentile of the UK going into this would be really valuable. Not world-changing valuable, but life-changing for many. That everything might get solved by technology and richer people is plausible, given the challenges in predicting how the future will pan out. I see this strategy mainly as a backstop to mitigate the awfulness of the most S-risk intensive ways this could go.