I wrote a short intro to stealth (the radar evasion kind). I was irritated by how bad existing online introductions are, so I wrote my own!
I’m not going to pretend it has direct EA implications. But one thing that I’ve updated more towards in the last few years is how surprisingly limited and inefficient the information environment is. Like obvious concepts known to humanity for decades or centuries don’t have clear explanations online, obvious and very important trends have very few people drawing attention to them, you can just write the best book review of a popular book that’s been around for decades, etc.
I suppose one obvious explanation here is that most people who can write stuff like this have more important and/or interesting things to do with their time. Which is true, but also kind of sad.
I wrote a short intro to stealth (the radar evasion kind). I was irritated by how bad existing online introductions are, so I wrote my own!
I’m not going to pretend it has direct EA implications. But one thing that I’ve updated more towards in the last few years is how surprisingly limited and inefficient the information environment is. Like obvious concepts known to humanity for decades or centuries don’t have clear explanations online, obvious and very important trends have very few people drawing attention to them, you can just write the best book review of a popular book that’s been around for decades, etc.
I suppose one obvious explanation here is that most people who can write stuff like this have more important and/or interesting things to do with their time. Which is true, but also kind of sad.