This is the best explanation I have seen yet of what seem to me to be the main problems with HCH. In particular, that scene from HPMOR is one that I’ve also thought about as a good analogue for HCH problems. (Though I do think the “humans are bad at things” issue is more probably important for HCH than the malicious memes problem; HCH is basically a giant bureaucracy, and the same shortcomings which make humans bad at giant bureaucracies will directly limit HCH.)
This is the best explanation I have seen yet of what seem to me to be the main problems with HCH. In particular, that scene from HPMOR is one that I’ve also thought about as a good analogue for HCH problems. (Though I do think the “humans are bad at things” issue is more probably important for HCH than the malicious memes problem; HCH is basically a giant bureaucracy, and the same shortcomings which make humans bad at giant bureaucracies will directly limit HCH.)