Rationalists preach utilitarianism but practice strict virtue ethics, observer notes
tszzl · x · 2026-09-10
tszzl observes that rationalists, naively expected to be utilitarians, in practice behave like strict virtue ethicists: heavy on taboos, honest to a fault, and exhibiting some of the strongest ingroup/outgroup trust dynamics he has ever seen — a sharp take on AI community culture.
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