Upvoted. I think these are legitimate critiques of my post. I feel strongly that most people can improve significantly more than anticipated. This is largely because most people do not try very hard to self improve.
To be more specific, I think that EAs are severely overconfident in our ability to gauge people’s potential, and that we often say things that create a sort of… memetic vibe that encourages this thinking.
I think in general having memes that lead to incorrect object level beliefs is bad, and there’s a case to be made that how EAs talk about people contributes to this.
Upvoted. I think these are legitimate critiques of my post. I feel strongly that most people can improve significantly more than anticipated. This is largely because most people do not try very hard to self improve.
To be more specific, I think that EAs are severely overconfident in our ability to gauge people’s potential, and that we often say things that create a sort of… memetic vibe that encourages this thinking.
I think in general having memes that lead to incorrect object level beliefs is bad, and there’s a case to be made that how EAs talk about people contributes to this.