Embracing Moderation: A Philosophy of 'Half-Assing' Life

This is a selection of highlights from episode #194 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Vitalik Buterin on defensive acceleration and how to regulate AI when you fear government

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Chapters:

• Rob’s intro (00:00:00)
• Vitalik's "d/acc" alternative (00:00:14)
• Biodefence (00:05:31)
• How much do people actually disagree? (00:09:49)
• Distrust of authority is a big deal (00:15:09)
• Info defence and X's Community Notes (00:19:35)
• Quadratic voting and funding (00:26:22)
• Vitalik's philosophy of half-assing everything (00:30:32)

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong