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Not quite a draft amnesty thing, but I have been playing with the idea of writing short stories or perhaps even novels that use time travellers as a vehicle for Longtermism. The idea is that time travellers from the far distant future are our descendents, the very people that Longtermism cares about, so their perspective could be something worth exploring in fiction.
Given, I'm more of a soft Longtermist, and creative writing is notoriously hard to make any kind of living out of, so I'm not sure to what extent this is worth doing/trying/exploring, even as just a side project.
Frankly, posting on this forum intimidates me the way reading any critical essay by Chomsky does. I do want to be intellectually responsible, but I don't much like the idea of being on either end, frankly, of an intellectual firing squad.
In some ways, this comment is in the spirit of Draft Amnesty Week.
Definitely relate to this. It helps to recognise that the people on this forum are all here by their desire to help, and everyone I've interacted with has been a genuinely awesome person. The worst case scenario is some constructive feedback which helps us grow and develop our ideas; people aren't usually coming from a place of 'gotcha' or condescension. If that's the worst case scenario, sharing your thoughts sounds pretty good!
Thanks @feijão. I think the worse case is slightly worse than that. I've had some pretty derisory feedback at times, but mostly only in animal welfare discussions. But in general yes constructive criticism is the order of the day here, more than anywhere else on the internet.
I've been on this forum since 2014 and I -still- feel this way sometimes. Although, I will say Less Wrong is notably worse for this.
It does get better after you make a few comments/posts and notice people aren't jumping all over you. I used to be much more terrified, but now, I'm only kinda apprehensive whenever I post.
I totally understand that and I felt exactly the same. I think the most liberating thing is probably just trying to resist being too married to your ideas - it''ll be easier to take if people say they're wrong.