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You can get away with all sorts of stuff if you frame it as trying to save the world. Even altruistic ventures of extremely low expected return are well received.
I'm curious as to whether this comment is descriptive or normative, and whether it's about LW subculture or society in general.
The "bad" side of this is that "trying to save the world" becomes a signalling game of little real value.
The "good" side is that we should encourage ventures of little expected return, if people are starting to think along the right lines or finally showing a commitment to "doing".
Definitely entirely descriptive. About LW subculture although it would apply generally as well.