Might be true, doesn’t make that not a strawman. I’m sympathetic to thinking it’s implausible that mechanize would be the best thing to do on altruistic grounds even if you share views like those of the founders. (Because there is probably something more leveraged to do and some weight on cooperativeness considerations.)
Sometimes the dollar signs can blind someone and cause them not to consider obvious alternatives. And they will feel that they made the decision for reasons other than the money, but the money nonetheless caused the cognitive distortion that ultimately led to the decision.
I’m not claiming that this happened here. I don’t have any way of really knowing. But it’s certainly suspicious. And I don’t think anything is gained by pretending that it’s not.
Might be true, doesn’t make that not a strawman. I’m sympathetic to thinking it’s implausible that mechanize would be the best thing to do on altruistic grounds even if you share views like those of the founders. (Because there is probably something more leveraged to do and some weight on cooperativeness considerations.)
Sometimes the dollar signs can blind someone and cause them not to consider obvious alternatives. And they will feel that they made the decision for reasons other than the money, but the money nonetheless caused the cognitive distortion that ultimately led to the decision.
I’m not claiming that this happened here. I don’t have any way of really knowing. But it’s certainly suspicious. And I don’t think anything is gained by pretending that it’s not.