My take atm is “seems right that this shouldn’t be a permanent norm, there are definitely costs of disclaimer-ratcheting that are pretty bad. I think it might still be the right thing to do of your own accord in some cases, which is, like, superogetory.”
I think there’s maybe a weird thing with this post, where, it’s trying to be the timeless, abstract version of itself. It’s certainly easier to write the timeless abstract version than the “digging into specific examples and calling people out” version. But, I think the digging into specific examples is actually kind of important here – it’s easy to come away with vague takeaways that disagree, where everyone nods along but then mostly thinks it’s Those Other Guys who are being power seeking.
Given that it’s probably 10-50x harder to write the Post With Specific Examples, I think actually a pretty okay outcome is “ship the vague post, and let discussion in the comments get into the inside-baseball-details.” And, then, it’d be remiss for the post-author’s role in the ecosystem not coming up as an example to dig into.
My take atm is “seems right that this shouldn’t be a permanent norm, there are definitely costs of disclaimer-ratcheting that are pretty bad. I think it might still be the right thing to do of your own accord in some cases, which is, like, superogetory.”
I think there’s maybe a weird thing with this post, where, it’s trying to be the timeless, abstract version of itself. It’s certainly easier to write the timeless abstract version than the “digging into specific examples and calling people out” version. But, I think the digging into specific examples is actually kind of important here – it’s easy to come away with vague takeaways that disagree, where everyone nods along but then mostly thinks it’s Those Other Guys who are being power seeking.
Given that it’s probably 10-50x harder to write the Post With Specific Examples, I think actually a pretty okay outcome is “ship the vague post, and let discussion in the comments get into the inside-baseball-details.” And, then, it’d be remiss for the post-author’s role in the ecosystem not coming up as an example to dig into.