I definitely think some update of that type is appropriate, our discussion just didn’t go that direction (and bringing it up felt a little too meta, since it takes the conclusion of the argument we are having as a given, which in my experience is a hard thing to discuss at the same time as the object level).
I expect in a different context where your conclusions here aren’t the very thing we are debating, I will concede the cost of you being importantly alienated by some of the work I am in favor of.
Though to be clear, I think an important belief of mine, which I am confident the vast majority of readers here will disagree with me, is that the aggregate portfolio of Open Phil and Good Ventures is quite bad for the world (especially now, given the updated portfolio).
As such, it’s unclear to me what I should feel about a change where some of the things I’ve done are less appealing to you. You are clearly smart and care a lot about the same things as I care about, but I also genuinely think you are causing pretty huge harm for the world. I don’t want to alienate you or others, and I would really like to maintain good trade relationships in as much as that is possible, since we we clearly have identified very similar crucial levers in the world, and I do not want to spend our resources in negative-sum conflict.
I still think hearing that the kind of integrity I try to champion and care about did fail to resonate with you, and failed to compel you to take better actions in the world, is crucial evidence that I care a lot about. You clearly are smart and thoughtful about these topics and I care a lot about the effect of my actions on people like you.
(This comment overall isn’t obviously immediately relevant, and probably isn’t worth responding to, but I felt bad having my previous comment up without giving this important piece of context on my beliefs)
The aggregate portfolio of Open Phil and Good Ventures is quite bad for the world… I also genuinely think you are causing pretty huge harm for the world.
Can you elaborate on this? Your previous comments explain why you think OP’s portfolio is suboptimal, but not why you think it is actively harmful. It sounds like you may have written about this elsewhere.
This comment overall isn’t obviously immediately relevant
My experience of reading this thread is that it feels like I am missing essential context. Many of the comments seem to be responding to arguments made in previous, perhaps private, conversations. Your view that OP is harmful might not be immediately relevant here, but I think it would help me understand where you are coming from. My prior (which is in line with your prediction that the vast majority of readers would disagree with your comment) is that OP is very good.
I definitely think some update of that type is appropriate, our discussion just didn’t go that direction (and bringing it up felt a little too meta, since it takes the conclusion of the argument we are having as a given, which in my experience is a hard thing to discuss at the same time as the object level).
I expect in a different context where your conclusions here aren’t the very thing we are debating, I will concede the cost of you being importantly alienated by some of the work I am in favor of.
Though to be clear, I think an important belief of mine, which I am confident the vast majority of readers here will disagree with me, is that the aggregate portfolio of Open Phil and Good Ventures is quite bad for the world (especially now, given the updated portfolio).
As such, it’s unclear to me what I should feel about a change where some of the things I’ve done are less appealing to you. You are clearly smart and care a lot about the same things as I care about, but I also genuinely think you are causing pretty huge harm for the world. I don’t want to alienate you or others, and I would really like to maintain good trade relationships in as much as that is possible, since we we clearly have identified very similar crucial levers in the world, and I do not want to spend our resources in negative-sum conflict.
I still think hearing that the kind of integrity I try to champion and care about did fail to resonate with you, and failed to compel you to take better actions in the world, is crucial evidence that I care a lot about. You clearly are smart and thoughtful about these topics and I care a lot about the effect of my actions on people like you.
(This comment overall isn’t obviously immediately relevant, and probably isn’t worth responding to, but I felt bad having my previous comment up without giving this important piece of context on my beliefs)
Can you elaborate on this? Your previous comments explain why you think OP’s portfolio is suboptimal, but not why you think it is actively harmful. It sounds like you may have written about this elsewhere.
My experience of reading this thread is that it feels like I am missing essential context. Many of the comments seem to be responding to arguments made in previous, perhaps private, conversations. Your view that OP is harmful might not be immediately relevant here, but I think it would help me understand where you are coming from. My prior (which is in line with your prediction that the vast majority of readers would disagree with your comment) is that OP is very good.
He recently made this comment on LessWrong, which expresses some of his views on the harm that OP causes.