I’ve just posted an introduction to/summary of/clarification of the concept of information hazards on the EA Forum. I was halfway through writing that when I came across this post and made these comments. You and eukaryote helped bring to my attention that it’d be valuable to note the “direct information hazards”/”knowledge hazards”/whatever subset, and that it’s just a subset, so that’s in there (and thanks for that!). The post doesn’t touch on the “memetic” side of things—Convergence will get to that later, and will think carefully about what term to use when we do.
Anyway, I’d be interested in your thoughts on that post, since you seem to have thought a lot about these topics :)
(ETA: I found that latest comment of yours interesting food for thought, and upvoted it, but don’t have specific things to add as a reply at the moment.)
I’ve just posted an introduction to/summary of/clarification of the concept of information hazards on the EA Forum. I was halfway through writing that when I came across this post and made these comments. You and eukaryote helped bring to my attention that it’d be valuable to note the “direct information hazards”/”knowledge hazards”/whatever subset, and that it’s just a subset, so that’s in there (and thanks for that!). The post doesn’t touch on the “memetic” side of things—Convergence will get to that later, and will think carefully about what term to use when we do.
Anyway, I’d be interested in your thoughts on that post, since you seem to have thought a lot about these topics :)
(ETA: I found that latest comment of yours interesting food for thought, and upvoted it, but don’t have specific things to add as a reply at the moment.)