Just registering my own disagreement here—I don’t think it’s a key aspect, because I don’t think it’s necessary; the bulk of the problem IS about agency & this post encourages us to focus on the wrong problems.
I do agree that this post is well written and that it successfully gives proofs of concept for the structural perspective, for there being important problems that don’t have to do with agency, etc. I just think that the biggest problems do have to do with agency & this post is a distraction from them.
(My opinion is similar to what Kosoy and Christiano said in their comments)
Just registering my own disagreement here—I don’t think it’s a key aspect, because I don’t think it’s necessary; the bulk of the problem IS about agency & this post encourages us to focus on the wrong problems.
I do agree that this post is well written and that it successfully gives proofs of concept for the structural perspective, for there being important problems that don’t have to do with agency, etc. I just think that the biggest problems do have to do with agency & this post is a distraction from them.
(My opinion is similar to what Kosoy and Christiano said in their comments)