I agree, but I think we may well never reach that point, in which case this is tantamount to saying “never discuss it”. And I think it’s reasonable for people who care about those issues to point out that we’re ignoring them even though they’re important. Unsure how to resolve this.
Honestly, a lot of the problems from politics stems from both it’s totalizing nature, comparable to strong longtermism, plus emotion hampers more often than it helps in political discussions compared to longtermism.
I’d say that if EA can’t handle politics in the
general forum, then I think a subforum for EA politics should be made. Discussions about the politics of EA or how to effectively do politics can go there.
Meanwhile, the general EA forum can simply ban political posts and discussions.
Yes, it’s a strong measure to ban politics here. But bluntly, in social communities that want to have any level of civility and charity, ultimately it does tend towards banning politics and discussion around it, except maybe in a subforum.
I agree, but I think we may well never reach that point, in which case this is tantamount to saying “never discuss it”. And I think it’s reasonable for people who care about those issues to point out that we’re ignoring them even though they’re important. Unsure how to resolve this.
Honestly, a lot of the problems from politics stems from both it’s totalizing nature, comparable to strong longtermism, plus emotion hampers more often than it helps in political discussions compared to longtermism.
I’d say that if EA can’t handle politics in the general forum, then I think a subforum for EA politics should be made. Discussions about the politics of EA or how to effectively do politics can go there.
Meanwhile, the general EA forum can simply ban political posts and discussions.
Yes, it’s a strong measure to ban politics here. But bluntly, in social communities that want to have any level of civility and charity, ultimately it does tend towards banning politics and discussion around it, except maybe in a subforum.