Also, I don’t know if Spencer Greenberg’s podcast with Will is recorded yet, but if it hasn’t been I think he absolutely should ask Will what he thinks the phrase about “extensive and significant mistakes” here actually refers to. EDIT: Having listened (vaguely, while working) to most of the Sam Harris interview with Will, as far as I can tell Harris entirely failed to ask anything about this, which is a huge omission. Another question Spencer could ask Will is: did you specify this topic was off-limits to Harris?
I felt the Sam Harris interview was disappointingly soft and superficial. To be fair to MacAskill, Harris did an unusually bad job of pushing back and taking a harder line, and so MacAskill wasn’t forced to get deeper into it.
And basically nothing about how to avoid a similar situation happening again? Except for a few lines about decentralisation. Quite uninspiring.
Also, I don’t know if Spencer Greenberg’s podcast with Will is recorded yet, but if it hasn’t been I think he absolutely should ask Will what he thinks the phrase about “extensive and significant mistakes” here actually refers to. EDIT: Having listened (vaguely, while working) to most of the Sam Harris interview with Will, as far as I can tell Harris entirely failed to ask anything about this, which is a huge omission. Another question Spencer could ask Will is: did you specify this topic was off-limits to Harris?
I felt the Sam Harris interview was disappointingly soft and superficial. To be fair to MacAskill, Harris did an unusually bad job of pushing back and taking a harder line, and so MacAskill wasn’t forced to get deeper into it.
And basically nothing about how to avoid a similar situation happening again? Except for a few lines about decentralisation. Quite uninspiring.
Yes, Harris should have asked Will about this: https://time.com/6262810/sam-bankman-fried-effective-altruism-alameda-ftx/