Rupert

• Rupert 17 May 2020 21:56 UTC

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  in reply to: Tobias Häberli’s comment on: How should longter­mists think about eat­ing meat?

  I claim cost of not-eating-meat is drastically over-estimated. Have you tried it?

• Rupert 4 Aug 2020 6:32 UTC

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  on: The Great Reset

  This announcement of a World Economic Forum meeting on “The Great Reset”

  
  

  https://​​www.weforum.org/​​great-reset/​​?fbclid=IwAR2RAlV4cUx6-p_uAJ-uSjliuQYxyqLPh3PFH0ykpfBWXAFWmRed9anA7HQ

  
  

  sounds very intriguing, and possibly hopeful, but it was hard for me to get a clear sense of whether this is going to mitigate x-risks from e.g. climate change all that much, or whether it’s mostly just about providing more robust safety nets against major disasters. It wasn’t clear to me from reading this whether it’s (significantly) net-positive in terms of mitigating x-risk, and I was wondering what people’s views were. I’m also somewhat worried that it’s going to be highly politically polarising.

Con­sider pay­ing me to do AI safety re­search work

• Rupert 5 Nov 2020 14:41 UTC

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  in reply to: Aaron Gertler’s comment on: Con­sider pay­ing me to do AI safety re­search work

  Thanks Aaron, that’s fine, but I would my hope that my decision to put my post up was not a factor in getting Remmelt’s one moved off Frontpage. But anyway. I did worry a bit about whether my post was appropriate for this forum and Remmelt’s appeal for funding is stronger than mine.

• Rupert 5 Nov 2020 18:30 UTC

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  in reply to: Remmelt’s comment on: Con­sider pay­ing me (or an­other en­trepreneur) to cre­ate ser­vices for effec­tive altruism

  I would like to step in here and say that I did not communicate with Remmelt before uploading my own post, and my own post may be less well-prepared than Remmelt’s and I am totally happy to remove it. I would not like the idea of being responsible for having Remmelt’s post removed from the Frontpage, and Remmelt has put a lot more work into his proposal than I have.

• Rupert 13 May 2023 14:47 UTC

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  on: New Book: “Rea­soned Poli­tics” + Why I have writ­ten a book about politics

  While I still need to take time to thoroughly absorb the ideas in Magnus’ book, an account of how the EA movement ought to interact with political systems in a constructive way is long overdue.

• Rupert 12 Apr 2024 8:17 UTC

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  on: Dear EA, please be the rea­son peo­ple like me will ac­tu­ally see a bet­ter world. Help me make some small stride on ex­treme poverty where I live—by the end of 2024.

  Anthony, you may have negative feelings about being held accountable to the moral standards of privileged First World vegans. Nevertheless, as a committed vegan and animal rights advocate I do find that financially supporting the use of livestock raises ethical complications for me, which is regrettable. Is it absolutely essential for you to incorporate animal agriculture into your operation?