That’s interesting, I was not aware of this dynamic. Were there any particular posts that served as a good summary or lodestar for people’s stances on this topic?
As a relative outsider and with the job I have (and also fully acknowledging the self-serving aspect of what I’m about to say) this strikes me as a naive and self-destructive position to hold. People in the real world lie, cheat, manipulate, and exploit others, and it seems patently obvious to me that we need mechanisms to discourage that behavior. A culture of disdain towards that conduct is only one aspect of that fight.
Never mind, I think it’s more of an EA thing than a Lesswrong thing. If you’re more focused on rationality than effective altruism then I’m not sure how helpful it will be.
Behavior discouraging mechanisms are of course a basic feature of life, but reality is often more complicated than that. I think that the lodestar post is Social Dark Matter, which as a public attorney you’ll probably find pretty interesting anyway even though it’s long.
That’s interesting, I was not aware of this dynamic. Were there any particular posts that served as a good summary or lodestar for people’s stances on this topic?
As a relative outsider and with the job I have (and also fully acknowledging the self-serving aspect of what I’m about to say) this strikes me as a naive and self-destructive position to hold. People in the real world lie, cheat, manipulate, and exploit others, and it seems patently obvious to me that we need mechanisms to discourage that behavior. A culture of disdain towards that conduct is only one aspect of that fight.
Never mind, I think it’s more of an EA thing than a Lesswrong thing. If you’re more focused on rationality than effective altruism then I’m not sure how helpful it will be.
Behavior discouraging mechanisms are of course a basic feature of life, but reality is often more complicated than that. I think that the lodestar post is Social Dark Matter, which as a public attorney you’ll probably find pretty interesting anyway even though it’s long.