Well-written! Most of this definitely resonates for me.
Quick thoughts:
Some of the jargon I’ve heard sounded plain silly from a making-intellectual-progress-perspective (not just implicit aggrandising). Makes it harder to share our reasoning, even to each other, in a comprehensible, high-fidelity way. I like Rob Wiblin’s guide on jargon.
Perhaps we put too much emphasis on making explicit communication comprehensible. Might be more fruitful to find ways to recognise how particular communities are set up to be good at understanding or making progress in particular problem niches, even if we struggle to comprehend what they’re specifically saying or doing.
(I was skeptical about the claim ‘majority of people are explicit utilitarians’ – i.e. utilitarian not just consequentialist or some pluralistic mix of moral views – but EA Survey responses seems to back it up: ~70% utilitarian)
Well-written! Most of this definitely resonates for me.
Quick thoughts:
Some of the jargon I’ve heard sounded plain silly from a making-intellectual-progress-perspective (not just implicit aggrandising). Makes it harder to share our reasoning, even to each other, in a comprehensible, high-fidelity way. I like Rob Wiblin’s guide on jargon.
Perhaps we put too much emphasis on making explicit communication comprehensible. Might be more fruitful to find ways to recognise how particular communities are set up to be good at understanding or making progress in particular problem niches, even if we struggle to comprehend what they’re specifically saying or doing.
(I was skeptical about the claim ‘majority of people are explicit utilitarians’ – i.e. utilitarian not just consequentialist or some pluralistic mix of moral views – but EA Survey responses seems to back it up: ~70% utilitarian)