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public research notebook

[perry @pointed_max]

we should all strive to be abstract systems that exist in all possible worlds

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@samlakig we're basically guaranteeing that he reoffends in the time between we decide to execute him and the execution

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@tenobrus what is a genuinely harmful but minor crime? also, deterring other potential offenders is possibly the most important part

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@krismicinski in my experience it burns through your tokens for big papers, but yes, just ask and review statement/definition formalizations

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@MatthewW_eacc 🤪

[perry @pointed_max]

empathy isn’t a finite resource, for some of us

[roon @tszzl]

@pointed_max mankind has so much capacity for empathy and they’re wasting it on depraved criminals

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@jakehalloran1 but obviously what happened is pretty bad

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Elizabeth Holmes was not convicted of any crime related to misleading patients. She is only being punished for misleading investors, which is still obviously bad, but not really where the bulk of the damage lies. Sunny Balwani was convicted of the former

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@jakehalloran1 i think you could be right. i don't feel that I know more than the jury with how little research I've done

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@radmadvlad done. I just did it.

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@dsnein we don’t charge them due to ideology

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@ElderTyrannus too true

[perry @pointed_max]

the low-decouplers have found the comments section of my empathy takes

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@dsnein We should convict repeat violent offenders, regardless of empathy

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@Scopuli empathy is a state and not an action

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@Nasheology I think so, but you can just acknowledge how frustrating it is to empathize with criminals in the first place, instead of denying it

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@7heLich @tszzl USG showed no mercy and I support that

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@smooth_normie I thought this was a very high-level take on narcissism for a second

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@knowclarified @tszzl No mercy for Holmes! She ought to be justly punished

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@moseskagan life is often fun

[perry @pointed_max]

to be clear, we should absolutely punish people who threaten the integrity of private markets. they do not have much integrity to spare

[perry @pointed_max]

Elizabeth Holmes was not convicted of any crime related to misleading patients. She is only being punished for misleading investors, which is still obviously bad, but not really where the bulk of the damage lies. Sunny Balwani was convicted of the former

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@tszzl It’s really not wooey, it’s the most sober point of view. how can you acknowledge hard tradeoffs if you deny them? What tradeoffs are there in this story without empathy for Liz?

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@tszzl if empathy is the sole determining factor of your decisions that is a completely separate problem