Scott Alexander

But I didn't expect there to be this, like, huge uproar.

And I didn't expect, like, the employees of the company to, like, really come out and support and, like, make them change their policies.

Yeah.

That was really cool to see.

And I felt really like... It was kind of like a spiritual experience for me.

I sort of took this leap, and then it ended up working out better than I expected.

I think another factor that was going on is that... It wasn't a foregone conclusion that my wife and I would make this decision.

It was kind of crazy.

Because...

one of the very powerful arguments was like, come on, if you want to criticize them in the future, you can still do that.

They're not going to actually sue you.

So there's a very strong argument to be like, just sign it anyway, and then you can still write your blog post criticizing them in the future, and it's no big deal.

They wouldn't dare actually enter equity.

And I imagine that a lot of people basically went for that argument instead.

And then, of course, there's the actual money, right?

And I think that one of the factors there was, was my AI timelines and stuff?

Like, if I do think that, like, probably by the end of this decade, there's going to be some sort of crazy super intelligent transformation,

Like, what would I rather have after it's all over?

Like, the extra money?

That's right.