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

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 16 May 2012 10:04:10PM 1 point [-]

Wow. Coordination is hard ;)

Your explanation is more or less what I'd gathered from your earlier statement. It makes sense.

The org. that can convince passionate supporters of the cause to work for $ and donate may be different from the one that can get the most mainstream donations.

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 18 May 2012 12:49:31AM *  1 point [-]

Wow. Coordination is hard ;)

It is possible that this is just a phase I am going through, but if it is, it is a long phase.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 20 May 2012 10:23:20PM 2 points [-]

This conversation suggests a good habit to practice: being open about how and why I feel about something real, or would about something hypothetical. Since it's hard to separate internal openness from public openness, even though it's really the internal practice I want, maybe airing real motivations/desires more often (as you just did) is better than my conservative semi-stoic default.