“Dear God, Please Don’t Resign In Protest” by Kabir Kumar
Just don't work until you get fired. There's not much time left for resumes to matter. Some, such as Mateusz may say: "They would fire you after a month or two and the firing wouldn't have the same social effect as voluntary quitting of, say, Daniel Kokotajlo or Richard Ngo." I understand why it may feel that way, but I disagree very strongly, I predict it would have much more of a social effect. "They fired him because he refused to help AI capabilities" "They fired him because he didn't want to work on bad policies" etc, much bigger headlines. Also, I think you may not be factoring in the extent to which there is a cost to the company executives to be seen as firing someone. Especially someone who is refusing to work on moral grounds and has already proven themselves to be high status, respected, etc. And especially how it would look to the other employees if they refused to even listen to the striking employee before firing them or refused to even negotiate at all. The company leadership try to present themselves as very thoughtful, sincere, doing their best, etc. This is a large part of [...] --- First published: September 7th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6j3kBHdowGLCeqobg/dear-god-please-don-t-resign-in-protest --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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