The institutional rationality vs. individual rationality debate doesn’t seem resolvable at this point. Neither side is saying the other is worthless; it’s a debate over marginal benefits. Without some decent data, I have a hard time figuring out how much to emphasize each strategy.
I’m not entirely sure there is even a disagreement here. Sure, Eliezer talks about individual rationality a lot while Robin is seems to be more interested in techniques for group rationality such as prediction markets, but I’ve yet to see what each thinks is the optimal strategy for increasing rationality. The differences may be purely in terms of style, or comparative advantage. So how about it? Can you guys pin down your actual differences here? (Patri included, of course.)
The institutional rationality vs. individual rationality debate doesn’t seem resolvable at this point. Neither side is saying the other is worthless; it’s a debate over marginal benefits. Without some decent data, I have a hard time figuring out how much to emphasize each strategy.
I’m not entirely sure there is even a disagreement here. Sure, Eliezer talks about individual rationality a lot while Robin is seems to be more interested in techniques for group rationality such as prediction markets, but I’ve yet to see what each thinks is the optimal strategy for increasing rationality. The differences may be purely in terms of style, or comparative advantage. So how about it? Can you guys pin down your actual differences here? (Patri included, of course.)