But “Taking ideas seriously” was an awesome post. Given what we know now, it probably did more harm than good, but I wouldn’t be able to walk around with something like that in my head and not post it for everyone to see.
I suspect it has to do with some LW users taking FAI seriously and dropping everything to join the cause, as suggested in this comment by cousin_it. In the following discussion, RichardKennaway specifically links to “Taking ideas seriously”.
But “Taking ideas seriously” was an awesome post. Given what we know now, it probably did more harm than good, but I wouldn’t be able to walk around with something like that in my head and not post it for everyone to see.
Can you elaborate on what we know now that shows that the post probably did more harm than good?
I suspect it has to do with some LW users taking FAI seriously and dropping everything to join the cause, as suggested in this comment by cousin_it. In the following discussion, RichardKennaway specifically links to “Taking ideas seriously”.
Yikes – “taking FAI seriously” is definitely not an obvious failure or harm!