I have a stronger version of the same concerns, fwiw. I can’t imagine a ‘Long Reflection’ that didn’t involve an extremely repressive government clamping down on private industry every time a company tried to do anything too ambitious, and that didn’t effectively promote some caste of philosopher kings above all others to the resentment of the populace. It’s hard to believe this could lead to anything other than substantially worse social values.
I also don’t see any a priori reason to think ‘reflecting’ gravitates people towards moral truth or better values. Philosophers have been reflecting for centuries, and there’s still very little consensus among them or any particular sign that they’re approaching one.
I have a stronger version of the same concerns, fwiw. I can’t imagine a ‘Long Reflection’ that didn’t involve an extremely repressive government clamping down on private industry every time a company tried to do anything too ambitious, and that didn’t effectively promote some caste of philosopher kings above all others to the resentment of the populace. It’s hard to believe this could lead to anything other than substantially worse social values.
I also don’t see any a priori reason to think ‘reflecting’ gravitates people towards moral truth or better values. Philosophers have been reflecting for centuries, and there’s still very little consensus among them or any particular sign that they’re approaching one.