Yeah, this feel particularly weird because, coming from that kind of left-libertarian-ish perspective, I basically agree with most of it but also every time he tries to talk about object-level politics it feels like going into the bizarro universe and I would flip the polarity of the signs of all of it. Which is an impression I generally have with @richard_ngo’s work in general, him being one of the few safetyists on the political right to not have capitulated to accelerationism-because-of-China (as most recently even Elon did). Still, I’ll try to see if I have enough things to say to collect bounties.
him being one of the few safetyists on the political right to not have capitulated to accelerationism-because-of-China (as most recently even Elon did).
Thanks for noticing this. I have a blog post coming out soon criticizing this exact capitulation.
every time he tries to talk about object-level politics it feels like going into the bizarro universe and I would flip the polarity of the signs of all of it
I am torn between writing more about politics to clarify, and writing less about politics to focus on other stuff. I think I will compromise by trying to write about political dynamics more timelessly (e.g. as I did in this post, though I got a bit more object-level in the follow-up post).
Yeah, this feel particularly weird because, coming from that kind of left-libertarian-ish perspective, I basically agree with most of it but also every time he tries to talk about object-level politics it feels like going into the bizarro universe and I would flip the polarity of the signs of all of it. Which is an impression I generally have with @richard_ngo’s work in general, him being one of the few safetyists on the political right to not have capitulated to accelerationism-because-of-China (as most recently even Elon did). Still, I’ll try to see if I have enough things to say to collect bounties.
Thanks for noticing this. I have a blog post coming out soon criticizing this exact capitulation.
I am torn between writing more about politics to clarify, and writing less about politics to focus on other stuff. I think I will compromise by trying to write about political dynamics more timelessly (e.g. as I did in this post, though I got a bit more object-level in the follow-up post).