Afaict, the current world we’re in is basically the worst case scenario
the status quo is not, imo, a remotely acceptable alternative either
Both of these quotes display types of thinking which are typically dangerous and counterproductive, because they rule out the possibility that your actions can make things worse.
The current world is very far from the worst-case scenario (even if you have very high P(doom), it’s far away in log-odds) and I don’t think it would be that hard to accidentally make things considerably worse.
Both of these quotes display types of thinking which are typically dangerous and counterproductive, because they rule out the possibility that your actions can make things worse.
The current world is very far from the worst-case scenario (even if you have very high P(doom), it’s far away in log-odds) and I don’t think it would be that hard to accidentally make things considerably worse.