SilasBarta comments on Stanislav Petrov Day - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 28 September 2011 05:34:38PM 8 points [-]

Maybe. It still comes at the cost of reduced emphasis (at the margin) by activists on thinking clearly about what results they'll actually get -- a kind of thinking definitely in short supply.

Like with FAI, world-changing activism is not a case where you want to play "A for effort", as that tends to reward groups like Bolsheviks, who undoubtedly threw a lot of effort into a world peace strategy.