Are you taking the view that someone seeing the ad is not going to think MIRI is a cult unless it ticks all the boxes? Because they are actually going to be put off if it ticks any of the boxes
I’m taking the view that most people would think it’s an onerous requirement and they’re not willing to jump through those hoops, not that it’s a cult. It just doesn’t tick the boxes of that, unless we’re defining that so widely as to include, I dunno, the typical “be a good fit for the workplace culture!” requirement that lots of jobs annoyingly have.
It’s obviously much closer to “pay several hundred thousand dollars to be trained at an institution for 4-6 years (an institution that only considers you worthy if your essay about your personality, life goals, values, and how they combat racism is a good match to their mission), and then either have several years of experience or do an unpaid internship with us to have a good chance” than it is to the Peoples Temple. To say otherwise is, as I said, obviously ridiculous hyperbole.
Are you taking the view that someone seeing the ad is not going to think MIRI is a cult unless it ticks all the boxes? Because they are actually going to be put off if it ticks any of the boxes
I’m taking the view that most people would think it’s an onerous requirement and they’re not willing to jump through those hoops, not that it’s a cult. It just doesn’t tick the boxes of that, unless we’re defining that so widely as to include, I dunno, the typical “be a good fit for the workplace culture!” requirement that lots of jobs annoyingly have.
It’s obviously much closer to “pay several hundred thousand dollars to be trained at an institution for 4-6 years (an institution that only considers you worthy if your essay about your personality, life goals, values, and how they combat racism is a good match to their mission), and then either have several years of experience or do an unpaid internship with us to have a good chance” than it is to the Peoples Temple. To say otherwise is, as I said, obviously ridiculous hyperbole.