There’s a small selfish part of me which is happy that my “Why I am probably not a longtermist” post is shared as the critical piece on longtermism.
There’s a much bigger part which would wish that someone had written up something much more substantial though! I am a bit appalled that my post seems to be the best we as a movement have to offer to newcomers on critical perspectives.
Honestly, I kind of agree! I think your piece is good, but I think there hasn’t been enough really high-quality and well-presented criticism of longtermism from an EA perspective. (If I’ve missed anything, please let me know, but I’ve asked around a bit already.)
I’m afraid I don’t know anything. While I still like my piece it wasn’t intended to provide a strong case against longtermism, only to briefly explore my personal disagreements. In such a piece I would want to see the case against longtermism from different value systems as well as actually engaging with the empirics around cause prioritisation, apart from the obvious: being a lot more thorough than I was.
There’s a small selfish part of me which is happy that my “Why I am probably not a longtermist” post is shared as the critical piece on longtermism.
There’s a much bigger part which would wish that someone had written up something much more substantial though! I am a bit appalled that my post seems to be the best we as a movement have to offer to newcomers on critical perspectives.
Honestly, I kind of agree! I think your piece is good, but I think there hasn’t been enough really high-quality and well-presented criticism of longtermism from an EA perspective. (If I’ve missed anything, please let me know, but I’ve asked around a bit already.)
I’m afraid I don’t know anything. While I still like my piece it wasn’t intended to provide a strong case against longtermism, only to briefly explore my personal disagreements. In such a piece I would want to see the case against longtermism from different value systems as well as actually engaging with the empirics around cause prioritisation, apart from the obvious: being a lot more thorough than I was.