Here's a link to my entry to the Criticism and Red Teaming Contest.
My argument is that EA’s underlying principles default towards a form of totalitarianism. Ultimately, I conclude that we need a reformulated concept of EA to safeguard against this risk.
Questions, comments and critiques are welcomed.
EDIT 16 JUNE 2022: Just a quick note to thank everyone for their comments. This is my first full post on the forum and it's really rewarding to see people engaging with the post and offering their critiques.
This is a really interesting parallel - thank you!
It ties neatly into one of my major concerns with my piece -whether it can be interpreted as anti-rationality / a critique of empiricism (which is not the intention).
My reflexive reaction to the claim that "enlightenment is totalitarian" is fairly heavy scepticism (whereas, obviously, I lean in the opposite direction as regards to EA), so I'm curious what distinctions there are between the arguments made in Dialectic and the arguments made in my piece. I will have a read of Dialectic and think through this further.