I apologize for any confusion: My comment is rather directed at the ones running LessWrong, because I am all too aware that people in charge are more or less entirely incapable of legitimately taking criticism from a crowd. That is; I intended to stand out in a way that can’t be ignored by the mindset of a manager who happens to value rationality. (Also I was in an extremely jaded mood when I wrote that. <.<)
It’s not that you should want such a thing, it’s rather that, if MIRI understood online community evolution, they would want to encourage the existence of such things. I wouldn’t expect to get my own special “subreddit” (not the same as a website) for only me and people that understand me well/agree with me, and I’d probably refuse such an offer if it was given. If MIRI never existed, there could be no such, “MIRI simply isn’t good enough,” subsection. MIRI is useful as an organization because CSER wasn’t good enough. In the same way, I don’t see MIRI as nearly good enough to accomplish its goals of ensuring a positive future, so I see fit to evolve past it and create a better organization. Whether anyone can provide such a thing or not, would you not be interested in seeing something more advanced/effective/useful than MIRI?
Thank you for avoiding inferential silence!
I apologize for any confusion: My comment is rather directed at the ones running LessWrong, because I am all too aware that people in charge are more or less entirely incapable of legitimately taking criticism from a crowd. That is; I intended to stand out in a way that can’t be ignored by the mindset of a manager who happens to value rationality. (Also I was in an extremely jaded mood when I wrote that. <.<)
It’s not that you should want such a thing, it’s rather that, if MIRI understood online community evolution, they would want to encourage the existence of such things. I wouldn’t expect to get my own special “subreddit” (not the same as a website) for only me and people that understand me well/agree with me, and I’d probably refuse such an offer if it was given. If MIRI never existed, there could be no such, “MIRI simply isn’t good enough,” subsection. MIRI is useful as an organization because CSER wasn’t good enough. In the same way, I don’t see MIRI as nearly good enough to accomplish its goals of ensuring a positive future, so I see fit to evolve past it and create a better organization. Whether anyone can provide such a thing or not, would you not be interested in seeing something more advanced/effective/useful than MIRI?