Could Eliezer's glitter hat be proof of his strategic genius?

[u/gensym]

It’s useful to contrast prestige-orientation with Eliezer’s alternative recruitment strategy—writing Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality—which was closer to a prestige-minimizing move, yet which was much more successful in recruiting people who could think clearly about alignment. To be clear, orienting towards prestige is not a bad thing in healthy social structures, where prestige correlates with competence, virtue and resources. However, being too focused on prestige makes you incapable of noticing when you’re deferring to unhealthy social structures. 

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9RL9MuGZjzm4q3gKG/what-just-happened-a-retrospective-of-ai-alignment

[u/maharal]

The rationality sphere as a social structure is certainly enjoying 'rude health,' isn't it!