I don’t think the goal is to drive traffic. It’s also to have an impact on the person who reads the article. If you want a deeper look at the strategy look at Nassim Taleb is quite explicit about the principle in Antifragile.
I don’t think that Elizers public and private beliefs differ on the issues that RaelwayScot mentioned.
A counterfactual world where Eliezer would be a vocal about his beliefs wouldn’t have ended up with LW as we know it.
I don’t think the goal is to drive traffic. It’s also to have an impact on the person who reads the article. If you want a deeper look at the strategy look at Nassim Taleb is quite explicit about the principle in Antifragile.
I don’t think that Elizers public and private beliefs differ on the issues that RaelwayScot mentioned. A counterfactual world where Eliezer would be a vocal about his beliefs wouldn’t have ended up with LW as we know it.