John_Maxwell_IV comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong

256 Post author: HoldenKarnofsky 11 May 2012 04:31AM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 11 May 2012 05:16:53AM *  21 points [-]

It looks to me as though Holden had the criticisms he expresses even before becoming "informed", presumably by reading the sequences, but was too intimidated to share them. Perhaps it is worth listening to/encouraging uninformed criticisms as well as informed ones?

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 12 May 2012 06:59:45AM 9 points [-]

Note the following criticism of SI identified by Holden:

Being too selective (in terms of looking for people who share its preconceptions) when determining whom to hire and whose feedback to take seriously.