How did you end up interested in both Effective Altruism and Anglofuturism? They seem like pretty different communities. What are some things you think EA gets wrong and Anglofuturism gets right and vice versa?
Let me jump straight to the more interesting conceptual question! I think that EA, for all its interest in the future, is not very good at envisaging futures people actually want to live in, or might feel at home in. I think Anglofuturism does a much better job of that. I think the more tasteful versions of Anglofuturism draw on Lindy-er aesthetics than does EA, and are more responsive to the natural human inclination towards kinship.
This might, to an EA, be what Anglofuturism gets wrong. It depends on your moral calibration. If you are truly impartial then you would probably be unimpressed by a worldview that is informed by kinship. An EA could also accuse Anglofuturism of being overly whimsical in a world that’s on fire.
I’ll sign off here with sincere thanks to everyone who’s participated in this AMA.
How did you end up interested in both Effective Altruism and Anglofuturism? They seem like pretty different communities. What are some things you think EA gets wrong and Anglofuturism gets right and vice versa?
Let me jump straight to the more interesting conceptual question! I think that EA, for all its interest in the future, is not very good at envisaging futures people actually want to live in, or might feel at home in. I think Anglofuturism does a much better job of that. I think the more tasteful versions of Anglofuturism draw on Lindy-er aesthetics than does EA, and are more responsive to the natural human inclination towards kinship.
This might, to an EA, be what Anglofuturism gets wrong. It depends on your moral calibration. If you are truly impartial then you would probably be unimpressed by a worldview that is informed by kinship. An EA could also accuse Anglofuturism of being overly whimsical in a world that’s on fire.
I’ll sign off here with sincere thanks to everyone who’s participated in this AMA.