This depends entirely on the caliber and status of the Oxford vs Swiss people. If the Swiss people are basically student groups (or student groups that have recently become a full fledged organization), and the Oxford people are Nick Bostrom who is already giving presentations to the UN, then even though the Swiss would be much better positioned, they might just not yet have the clout to accomplish the thing, whereas it’s at least plausible that Bostrom et all might.
(I don’t know much about Swiss EAs and so don’t know how well this concern maps to anything)
How do you think is a person like Nick Bostrom going to do something that’s helpful for the North Koreans? Could you give an example of what he could do, that would be valuable to them?
Writing a policy paper clarifying the Utilitarian and Decision-Theoretic calculus as it applies to some core North Korean interest, such as negotiation between parties of very unequal power that don’t trust each other, and its implications for nuclear disarmament.
Writing another persuasive essay like the letter from utopia directing some attention to the value of reconciling freedom to trade / global integration, with preserving the diversity of individual and collective minds.
Taking on a grad student from NK (or arranging for a more suitable colleague to do so.)
Not sure which if any of these would be interesting from a NK perspective.
This depends entirely on the caliber and status of the Oxford vs Swiss people. If the Swiss people are basically student groups (or student groups that have recently become a full fledged organization), and the Oxford people are Nick Bostrom who is already giving presentations to the UN, then even though the Swiss would be much better positioned, they might just not yet have the clout to accomplish the thing, whereas it’s at least plausible that Bostrom et all might.
(I don’t know much about Swiss EAs and so don’t know how well this concern maps to anything)
How do you think is a person like Nick Bostrom going to do something that’s helpful for the North Koreans? Could you give an example of what he could do, that would be valuable to them?
Writing a policy paper clarifying the Utilitarian and Decision-Theoretic calculus as it applies to some core North Korean interest, such as negotiation between parties of very unequal power that don’t trust each other, and its implications for nuclear disarmament.
Writing another persuasive essay like the letter from utopia directing some attention to the value of reconciling freedom to trade / global integration, with preserving the diversity of individual and collective minds.
Taking on a grad student from NK (or arranging for a more suitable colleague to do so.)
Not sure which if any of these would be interesting from a NK perspective.