Note that there is now at least one post on LW front page that is at least indirectly about the Bostrom stuff. I am not sure if it was there before and I missed it or what.
And others’ comments have updated me a bit towards the forum vs. forum difference being less surprising.
I still think there is something like the above going on, though, as shown by the kinds of views being expressed + who’s expressing them just on EA Forum, and on social media.
But I probably should have left LW out of my “argument” since I’m less familiar with typical patterns/norms there.
The indirectness is also quite relevant to that. On LessWrong it’s pretty encouraged to take current events and try to extract generalizable lessons from them, and make statements that are removed from the local political landscape. I am glad that post was written, and would have been happy about it independently of any Bostrom stuff going on.
Can I ask for a link to this ‘indirect post’? I’m interested in the generalized lessons being advertised here, but couldn’t find the post after looking on LW.
Note that there is now at least one post on LW front page that is at least indirectly about the Bostrom stuff. I am not sure if it was there before and I missed it or what.
And others’ comments have updated me a bit towards the forum vs. forum difference being less surprising.
I still think there is something like the above going on, though, as shown by the kinds of views being expressed + who’s expressing them just on EA Forum, and on social media.
But I probably should have left LW out of my “argument” since I’m less familiar with typical patterns/norms there.
The indirectness is also quite relevant to that. On LessWrong it’s pretty encouraged to take current events and try to extract generalizable lessons from them, and make statements that are removed from the local political landscape. I am glad that post was written, and would have been happy about it independently of any Bostrom stuff going on.
Can I ask for a link to this ‘indirect post’? I’m interested in the generalized lessons being advertised here, but couldn’t find the post after looking on LW.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GqD9ZKeAbNWDqy8Mz/a-general-comment-on-discussions-of-genetic-group