I’m worried there’s a motte and bailey argument where people start out by saying “we need to be speculative because impact will happen through taking risks and focusing on growth!” (motte) and then go to “therefore we don’t need to bother considering things like counterfactuals or spending that much time on impact reports” (bailey).
I’m worried there’s a motte and bailey argument where people start out by saying “we need to be speculative because impact will happen through taking risks and focusing on growth!” (motte) and then go to “therefore we don’t need to bother considering things like counterfactuals or spending that much time on impact reports” (bailey).
I agree this is a danger, but I’m not sure many people are currently making this mistake. When do you think it might have happened?