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0 pointsrexpop7y ago0 comments

Interesting that the first adjective you use was "smart" when, in any decent scope of consideration, he has actually wasted many hours of others' time, and caused only suffering. When I do that at my company, they do not call me "smart."

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hhmc7y ago

Cleverness and morality can be orthogonal.

jmmcd7y ago

Bostrom's orthogonality thesis!

rexpopOP7y ago

Of course they can, but when I see an act of ingenious evil, my first response is not circumscribed admiration.

breakingcups7y ago

Concluding someone is smart doesn't always equal admiring them.

webmaven7y ago

If you do it to your company's competitor, you may qualify for a massive bonus (modulo your employer's moral compass and appetite for risk).

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