I think everybody is getting hung up about connection theory which is not the only thing that Leverage Research does. I’m not completely sure, but I’m pretty sure it’s not even the main thing they do. EDIT: Why is this tagged politics? Does it have to do with the mind-killing comment thread about meta-trolling?
“The actively and stably benevolent people successfully seek enough power to be able to stably guide the world.” “Give everyone the power to achieve their ultimate goals as far as possible without harming others.” Those are political intentions and political acts.
Also, every country on Earth already has a class of people nobly bearing the burden of being in charge of everything. You cannot set out to deliberately and comprehensively change the world without encroaching upon this existing political sphere, even if you imagine The Change happening via leaderless self-organizing harmony. Either you intend to be on the throne, advising the throne, or making the throne irrelevant, and in each case, the current occupant of the throne will take a keen interest, if by some miracle you do start to make a difference.
Connection Theory is not the main thing that we do. It’s one of seven main projects. I would estimate that about 15% of our current effort goes directly into CT right now. It’s true that having a superior understanding of the human mind is an important part of our plan, and it’s true that CT is the main theory we’re currently looking at. So that is one reason people are focusing on it. But it’s also one of the better-developed parts of our website right now. So that’s probably another reason.
I think everybody is getting hung up about connection theory which is not the only thing that Leverage Research does. I’m not completely sure, but I’m pretty sure it’s not even the main thing they do. EDIT: Why is this tagged politics? Does it have to do with the mind-killing comment thread about meta-trolling?
“The actively and stably benevolent people successfully seek enough power to be able to stably guide the world.” “Give everyone the power to achieve their ultimate goals as far as possible without harming others.” Those are political intentions and political acts.
Also, every country on Earth already has a class of people nobly bearing the burden of being in charge of everything. You cannot set out to deliberately and comprehensively change the world without encroaching upon this existing political sphere, even if you imagine The Change happening via leaderless self-organizing harmony. Either you intend to be on the throne, advising the throne, or making the throne irrelevant, and in each case, the current occupant of the throne will take a keen interest, if by some miracle you do start to make a difference.
Connection Theory is not the main thing that we do. It’s one of seven main projects. I would estimate that about 15% of our current effort goes directly into CT right now. It’s true that having a superior understanding of the human mind is an important part of our plan, and it’s true that CT is the main theory we’re currently looking at. So that is one reason people are focusing on it. But it’s also one of the better-developed parts of our website right now. So that’s probably another reason.