I really liked the blackmail debates between Zvi and Hanson, both this post and the longer in-person debate that happened earlier this year.
I think less so because I immediately care about the specific legal policies, but more because it provided a playing field on which both Zvi and Hanson got to elaborate a lot on their world models, and in which I got to practice the virtue of taking ideas seriously. While on the object level Hanson’s arguments didn’t fully compel me, the arguments involved moved me quite a bit on a variety of related issues, like what kinds of problems can be solved via legal means, as well as the complicated interplay of social norms and regulations.
I really liked the blackmail debates between Zvi and Hanson, both this post and the longer in-person debate that happened earlier this year.
I think less so because I immediately care about the specific legal policies, but more because it provided a playing field on which both Zvi and Hanson got to elaborate a lot on their world models, and in which I got to practice the virtue of taking ideas seriously. While on the object level Hanson’s arguments didn’t fully compel me, the arguments involved moved me quite a bit on a variety of related issues, like what kinds of problems can be solved via legal means, as well as the complicated interplay of social norms and regulations.