Sure—that’s a good thing to clarify. When I say “opposed to,” I mean that it seems like the things he presently cares about don’t seem connected to a cause-neutral welfare-maximizing perspective (though I can’t say I know what his motivations are, so perhaps that is what he’s aiming for).
Most notably, his PAC explicitly supports an “America First immigration policy,” which seems difficult to square with his espoused libertarianism and his complaints about technological slowdown in addition to being directly opposed to work from Open Phil and others. I don’t understand exactly what his aims are at this point, but it feels like he’s far away enough from the EA baseline that I wouldn’t want to assume a motivation of “do the most good in a cause-neutral way” anymore.
Sure—that’s a good thing to clarify. When I say “opposed to,” I mean that it seems like the things he presently cares about don’t seem connected to a cause-neutral welfare-maximizing perspective (though I can’t say I know what his motivations are, so perhaps that is what he’s aiming for).
Most notably, his PAC explicitly supports an “America First immigration policy,” which seems difficult to square with his espoused libertarianism and his complaints about technological slowdown in addition to being directly opposed to work from Open Phil and others. I don’t understand exactly what his aims are at this point, but it feels like he’s far away enough from the EA baseline that I wouldn’t want to assume a motivation of “do the most good in a cause-neutral way” anymore.