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"Dear God, Please Don’t Resign In Protest" by Kabir Kumar

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LessWrong (Curated & Popular)
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Sep 8, 2026
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Summary

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 d...