“Carl and Roko, I really wasn’t trying to lay out a moral position,”
I was noting apparent value differences between you and Eliezer that might be relevant to his pondering of ‘Lines of Retreat.’
“though I was expressing mild horror at encouraging total war, a horror I expected (incorrectly it seems) would be widely shared.”
It is shared, but there are offsetting benefits of accurate discussion.
“Carl and Roko, I really wasn’t trying to lay out a moral position,” I was noting apparent value differences between you and Eliezer that might be relevant to his pondering of ‘Lines of Retreat.’
“though I was expressing mild horror at encouraging total war, a horror I expected (incorrectly it seems) would be widely shared.” It is shared, but there are offsetting benefits of accurate discussion.