Independent thought helps not just for x-risk, but for personal well-being things like not joining the army, not playing the slot machines, getting off Facebook. In other words, not just for accepting action requests culturally construed as exotic, but rejecting some normal action requests. “Stable sociopolitical/economic context” is actually a fairly strong requirement, given how much the current global narrative is based on exponential growth.
Independent thought helps not just for x-risk, but for personal well-being things like not joining the army, not playing the slot machines, getting off Facebook. In other words, not just for accepting action requests culturally construed as exotic, but rejecting some normal action requests. “Stable sociopolitical/economic context” is actually a fairly strong requirement, given how much the current global narrative is based on exponential growth.