Re:The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”
by FooBarBizBazz on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:36PM
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> It's juvenile Tom Swift fantasy.
This I agree with. Their future dream isn't super plausible, is much too specific, and doesn't even seem desirable.
> they are supremacist - based on the unproven belief that humanity has an obvious manifest destiny
Normally "supremacist" means "this group of humans is superior to this other group of humans". I don't see a lot of that in this, except in the bit about "resources should be invested in the developed world".
(And "manifest destiny" is of course incredibly loaded, but you knew that!)
But --
> Humanity has multiple immediate challenges now. They need actionable, practical intelligence.
-- yes. I agree with the "actionable, practical" bit. Solving climate change isn't some research problem. It just needs leadership to organize people to do things we already know how to do.
This I agree with. Their future dream isn't super plausible, is much too specific, and doesn't even seem desirable.
> they are supremacist - based on the unproven belief that humanity has an obvious manifest destiny
Normally "supremacist" means "this group of humans is superior to this other group of humans". I don't see a lot of that in this, except in the bit about "resources should be invested in the developed world".
(And "manifest destiny" is of course incredibly loaded, but you knew that!)
But --
> Humanity has multiple immediate challenges now. They need actionable, practical intelligence.
-- yes. I agree with the "actionable, practical" bit. Solving climate change isn't some research problem. It just needs leadership to organize people to do things we already know how to do.