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Fwiw, "civil justice" is in fact used to refer to (many?) parts of the (US?) justice system where people entities sue each other. It's true the phrase is less common (in part because criminal justice reform is a hot button issue) and I'm not surprised you haven't heard it.
Here's an example of a reputable seeming organisation using it this way. https://instituteforlegalreform.com/blog/what-is-civil-justice-and-why-is-it-important/
Having spent two years in law school, I feel pretty confident that Daniel's right about this.
"I'm pretty sure that most EAs I know have ~100% confidence that what they're doing is net positive for the long-term future"
Fwiw, I think this is probably true for very few if any of the EAs I've worked with, though that's a biased sample.
I wonder if the thing giving you this vibe might be they they actually think something like "I'm not that confident that my work is net positive for the LTF but my best guess is that it's net positive in expectation. If what I'm doing is not positive, there's no cheap way for me to figure it out, so I am confident (though not ~100%) that my work will... (read more)
Fyi - this series of posts caused me to get a blood test for nutritional deficiencies, learn that I have insufficient vitamin D and folic acid, and take supplements on a bunch of days that I otherwise would not have (though less often than I should given knowledge of a deficiency). Thanks!
Whoops - thanks!
I haven't kept up with it so can't really vouch for it but Rohin's alignment newsletter should also be on your radar. https://rohinshah.com/alignment-newsletter/
Thanks for this! I found this much more approachable than other writing on this topic, which I've generally had trouble engaging with because it's felt like it's (implicitly or explicitly) claiming that: 1) this mindset is right for ~everyone; and 2) there are ~no tradeoffs (at least in the medium-term) for (almost?) anyone.
Had a few questions:
Your goals and strategies might change, even if your values remain the same.
Have your values in fact remained the same?
For example, as I walked down the self-love path I felt my external obligations start to drop away.
What is your current relationship to external obligations? Do they feel like they exist for you now (whatever that means)?
... (read more)While things
Someone's paraphrase of the article: "I actually think they're worse than before, but being mean is bad so I retract that part"
Weyl's response: "I didn’t call it an apology for this reason."
https://twitter.com/glenweyl/status/1446337463442575361
First of all, I think the books are beautiful. This seems like a great project to me and I'm really glad you all put it together.
I didn't think of this on my own but now that Ozzie raised it, I do think it's misleading not to mention (or at least suggest) that this is selecting the best posts from a particular year in a salient way on the cover.[1] This isn't really because anybody cares whether it's from 2018 or 2019. It's because I think most reasonable readers looking at a curated collection of LessWrong posts titled "Epistemology," "Agency," or "Alignment" would assume that this was a collection of the best ever... (read more)
I think depends on context and what you're trying to use the term for. In the original sentence that was quoted, I think "the justice system" or "law enforcement" would have worked though colloquially, some people would have misunderstood both as just implying the criminal side.
I think "the legal system," "legal conflict," or just "the law" also would've basically worked though each might have a slightly different connotation.