that status-regulation-blind thing Eliezer often has going on.
Maybe he should have it going on, and damn the consequences. Sometimes you have to get up and say, these are the facts, you are wrong. Not the vapid temporising recommended by thakil.
"Damn the consequences" seems like an odd thing to say on a website that's noted for its embrace of utilitarianism.
Todays xkcd
I guess there'll be a fair bit of traffic coming from people looking it up?