Regardless of overarching opinions you may or may not have about the unilateralist’s curse, I think Petrov Day is a uniquely bad time to lambast the foibles of being a well-intentioned unilateralist.
I worry that people are updating in exactly the wrong way from Petrov’s actions, possibly to fit preconceived ideas of what’s correct.
When you say updating in exactly the wrong way, I don’t know what you mean. Do you think it’s bad that the event might have an opt in next year? Or you think it’s good that some people were tempted to press the button to make a statement?
Petrov was a well-intentioned unilateralist. He can reasonably be read as either right or wrong but morally lucky. I point out the dissimilarities between Petrov and our Petrov Day activities here and here.
Regardless of overarching opinions you may or may not have about the unilateralist’s curse, I think Petrov Day is a uniquely bad time to lambast the foibles of being a well-intentioned unilateralist.
I worry that people are updating in exactly the wrong way from Petrov’s actions, possibly to fit preconceived ideas of what’s correct.
When you say updating in exactly the wrong way, I don’t know what you mean. Do you think it’s bad that the event might have an opt in next year? Or you think it’s good that some people were tempted to press the button to make a statement?
Petrov was a well-intentioned unilateralist. He can reasonably be read as either right or wrong but morally lucky. I point out the dissimilarities between Petrov and our Petrov Day activities here and here.