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>>staran+(OP)
Larry Summers is an excellent pick to call out bullshit and moderate any civil war, such as this EA - e/acc feud.

Kissinger (R, foreign policy) once said that Summers (D, economic policy) should be given an advisory post in any WH administration, to help shoot down bad ideas.

>>arduan+L3
Those are both terrible people, not in fact brilliant general-purpose bad idea rejectors. A random person would be better qualified to shoot down bad ideas - most people haven't had bad ideas that led to suffering and death for millions of people.

No one thinks Larry Summers has any insights on AI. Adding Larry Summers is something you do purely to beg powerful, unaccountable people "please don't stop us, we're on your side".

>>vinter+35
How is Larry Summers a terrible person?

He did help shoot down the extra spending proposals that would have made inflation today even worse. Not sure how that caused suffering and death for anyone.

And he is an adult, which is a welcome change from the previous clowncar of a board.

>>arduan+56
Larry Summers practically personally caused both Russia's collapse into a mafia state and the 2008 US recession. Nobody should listen to him about anything.

Although, he's also partly responsible for the existence of Facebook by starting Sheryl Sandberg's career. Some people might think that's good.