It would help if you said more about (1) why this is EA-relevant, (2) what you expect people to learn from this particular video, and (3) why that matters.
EA is emerged within these ideas, that's why I think it matters.It's important to better understand these meta-narratives and that's what I expect to people learn from it.
I really like the depths of his thinking and analysis.
Sometimes more controversial, sometimes less - this particular one I think is from the latter.
Hope you enjoy it as well.
Cheers!
Crossposted to Less Wrong
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Epistemic status
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It would help if you said more about (1) why this is EA-relevant, (2) what you expect people to learn from this particular video, and (3) why that matters.
EA is emerged within these ideas, that's why I think it matters.It's important to better understand these meta-narratives and that's what I expect to people learn from it.