Nick_Tarleton comments on The Craigslist Revolution: a real-world application of torture vs. dust specks OR How I learned to stop worrying and create one billion dollars out of nothing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 February 2010 08:44:04PM 7 points [-]

Probably. But would the general public find IEC (or SIAI) compelling? I'm thinking not.

Then all versions of this project that I'm interested in won't work. Still seems worth a try.

I guess I'm astounded by the degree to which people seem to value "succeeding at what we set out to do" over "trying to do something important".

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 10 February 2010 08:59:33PM * 3 points [-]

I guess I'm astounded by the degree to which people seem to value "succeeding at what we set out to do" over "trying to do something important".

Probably. But maybe, also, people have different views (not necessarily correct) of the threshold of importance.