Eliezer’s recent kidding not kidding death with dignity post suggests that our chances of survival are so low that we should just focus on going out with some semblance of dignity (ie. “at least we made an attempt that wasn’t truly pathetic).
Or at least that’s what it seems to be claiming initially. If you read it to the end it becomes clear that Eliezer is proposing a frame for thinking about how to act in scenarios with a low probability of success[1]. In particular, he seems to be criticizing the tendency of people to say “well we need to assume X because otherwise we would be doomed anyway” as the tendency is to power on multiple assumptions and end up focusing on and over specific-case. In contrast, Eliezer suggests that it is better to position yourself sucks that you would be able to leverage positive moral violations in general as then you aren’t just betting on one particular scenario.
I often find that reframing a problem is quite conducive to producing solutions, so I’m asking how we could actually die with more dignity[2].
People could just post their thoughts on the original post, but this question serves as a nudge to actually attempt to generate solutions rather than to just grimly reflecting on it.
[Question] What are some ways in which we can die with more dignity?
Eliezer’s recent kidding not kidding death with dignity post suggests that our chances of survival are so low that we should just focus on going out with some semblance of dignity (ie. “at least we made an attempt that wasn’t truly pathetic).
Or at least that’s what it seems to be claiming initially. If you read it to the end it becomes clear that Eliezer is proposing a frame for thinking about how to act in scenarios with a low probability of success[1]. In particular, he seems to be criticizing the tendency of people to say “well we need to assume X because otherwise we would be doomed anyway” as the tendency is to power on multiple assumptions and end up focusing on and over specific-case. In contrast, Eliezer suggests that it is better to position yourself sucks that you would be able to leverage positive moral violations in general as then you aren’t just betting on one particular scenario.
I often find that reframing a problem is quite conducive to producing solutions, so I’m asking how we could actually die with more dignity[2].
I find it fascinating how post-rationalist this is.
People could just post their thoughts on the original post, but this question serves as a nudge to actually attempt to generate solutions rather than to just grimly reflecting on it.