Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on People who want to save the world - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 May 2011 09:49:16AM 10 points [-]

In general, though, I am sceptical that "producing world-saving actions" is what we should be aiming for. Maybe I am biased by the fact that I am a cautious person, but I think that if only we could make everyone a lot more cautious

Aaaand not to put too fine a point on it, but how much research is that caution getting done, exactly? Philanthropic donations produced by this philosophy? Anything?