Politics discussion by rationalists is likely to have the most impact when it’s about issues that are important, but that aren’t widely recognized as such and therefore have relatively few people pulling on the rope. I don’t see any point in discussing the Iraq war, say.
Politics action by rationalists is likely to have the most impact on such topics. But since there are already some such topics we know about (global existential risk, for example, or teaching rationality in schools). What do we gain by discovering several more of these and then discussing them?
Politics discussion by rationalists is likely to have the most impact when it’s about issues that are important, but that aren’t widely recognized as such and therefore have relatively few people pulling on the rope. I don’t see any point in discussing the Iraq war, say.
Politics action by rationalists is likely to have the most impact on such topics. But since there are already some such topics we know about (global existential risk, for example, or teaching rationality in schools). What do we gain by discovering several more of these and then discussing them?