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  • It's astounding how badly apparently a lot of people are failing to read here.

    To be very slightly fair I suppose the sentence fragmentation doesn't help? It should read "a dishonest premise: that billionaires" but, like, the wording wouldn't change. It's very clear and not at all ambiguous that the reviewer considers the book's premise dishonest.

  • There are some seeds there. Llms show that automation will eventually destroy all jobs, and at any time even things we think are unassailable for decades could suddenly find themselves at risk.

    That plants a lot of seeds. Just not the ones the average longtermist wants planted.

  • That question isn't the best way to frame it, because yeah... 2x "enough" is pretty reasonable. That's still well within the high returns of happiness phase.

    Do you need 1000x enough, though? Or 1000x that? I'd love a high end espresso maker, or a nicer car, or to be able to afford to take more time off, but there comes a point where more is just pointless.

  • A pill that treats solid tumours would be an enormous boon to humanity. You're letting really tired cynicism get in the way of basic logic. This argument would mean that insulin wasn't a breakthrough, because it didn't cure diabetes.

    For profit pharmaceuticals is indeed a huge issue, but it's one that is entirely separate from whether or not a given medical treatment is good or not.

  • I don't think the in-game history books count very much at all. That's the flattest, laziest world building possible. They're fine, sure, but having good "told but never shown" history is worth the least marks by a long shot.