You can fix problems #1 and #3 above
Is the #3 referrering to the "1." in the second numbered list?
Sorry, I missed this. In case you are interested in AI Safety there is an active AI Safety group in Stockholm that does biweekly meetups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4935355363232955.
Definitely guilty of preaching to the choir :).
So people feel that LW should be focussed on other things than critiquing influential but unqualified opinions. I am sympathetic to this. It is somewhat of a Sisyphus task to weed out bad opinions from public discourse and responding on LW is probably not the most effient way of doing it in any case.
Personally, when I am convinced of something, I try to find the strongest critiques of that belief. For instance, I've looked for criticisms of Yudkowsky and even read a little on r/SneerClub to evaluate whether I've been duped by internet lunatics :). If other people acted the same, it would be valuable to have critiques of bad opinions, even if they are posted where the intended audience otherwise never visits. But I suspect few people act like that.
I would be interested in if you have suggestions for what are better ways to effect public opinion than posts like this one. I guess the rationality project of raising the global sanity level is partly aimed at this.
I've received a significant ratio of downvotes on the post. Since this is my first post on LW, I would greatly appreciate feedback on why readers did not find the post of sufficient quality for the site.
I believe even broad pointers could be very helpful. Was it mostly about sloppy argumentation, the tone, the language, etc?
Why use citation when hyperlinks exists?
To me, hyperlinks seem superior in every way.
I would guess the main reason is that links are not stable?