But the comparison to other existential risk reduction plans is not the right comparison. We should compare the other uses to which the resources will likely be put. Those usually won’t be existential risk reduction projects.
That’s what always gets me about policy debates. If we’re debating what an LW member who gets put in charge of the national budget should do, Nesov has it. If asking what every LW member should vote for if a referendum specifically on “allocate billions to asteroid defense” comes up, torekp is correct. I am annoyed by disagreements between people who actually agree which take this form.
But the comparison to other existential risk reduction plans is not the right comparison. We should compare the other uses to which the resources will likely be put. Those usually won’t be existential risk reduction projects.
Who is this argument supposed to be addressed to?
That’s what always gets me about policy debates. If we’re debating what an LW member who gets put in charge of the national budget should do, Nesov has it. If asking what every LW member should vote for if a referendum specifically on “allocate billions to asteroid defense” comes up, torekp is correct. I am annoyed by disagreements between people who actually agree which take this form.