is Eliezer right in thinking that if we get just one piece wrong the whole endeavor is worthless?
To clarify, the linked post by Eliezer actually says the following:
Value isn’t just complicated, it’s fragile. There is more than one dimension of human value, where if just that one thing is lost, the Future becomes null. A single blow and all value shatters. Not every single blow will shatter all value—but more than one possible “single blow” will do so.
To clarify, the linked post by Eliezer actually says the following:
Thank you for pointing this out; I’ve apparently lost the ability to read. Post edited.
Happens to me sometimes, too. :)