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A counterfactual on rationalists, a liberal-populist synthesis and AI
A post argues that a more principled rationalist stance could plausibly have helped create a liberal-populist intellectual synthesis.
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A post argues that rationalists being more principled or less cowardly on a particular topic could plausibly have helped create a liberal-populist intellectual synthesis. The author also speculates that such a stance might have scared effective altruists (EAs) off from making the AI situation worse.
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