Right. My impression was that it was okay to like anime, but that we should feel embarrassed about it because while we are watching cartoons we could be solving the FAI problem or taking a second job in order to donate to Village Reach.
As a fairly new member at Lesswrong, I’ve not until now taken to reading Eliezer’s fanfiction Harry Potter and the Arts of Rationality, but the manga/amine Death Note gets taken up there, seemingly on par with any other form of media. It’s the second time manga/anime’s hinted at as a source of inspiration.
You COULD solve the FAI problem, but you need time to do other things too, and then the medium is of far less importance than the message. After all, if another medium can be more effective in delivering the same message—a film as opposed to a book, wouldn’t READING be worse than anime since you could be spending that extra time working instead?
I’m not sure you’re supposed to like anime, or at least people don’t talk much (at all?) about liking it. However, a substantial background in anime (something I don’t have) seems to be assumed.
Anime references seem to be part of the common currency here, although I haven’t seen much and what I have has not awakened my enthusiasm. I even watched all of Fate/Stay Night on YouTube, and The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya on DVD, since Eliezer had mentioned them from time to time; but I found less in them than he did.
The only anime I’ve really enjoyed is Fullmetal Alchemist . I suspect there are, in fact, plenty of people on LW with no interest in anime—that just passes unnoticed because they simply remain silent when the subject comes up.
I know that what I’ve seen is only part of the F/SN canon (and the same goes for Haruhi Suzumiya), but Eliezer hasn’t mentioned speaking Japanese, so what did he watch?
Gosh I’ve been reading LessWrong since before it existed and I didn’t realize I was supposed to like anime.
Right. My impression was that it was okay to like anime, but that we should feel embarrassed about it because while we are watching cartoons we could be solving the FAI problem or taking a second job in order to donate to Village Reach.
As a fairly new member at Lesswrong, I’ve not until now taken to reading Eliezer’s fanfiction Harry Potter and the Arts of Rationality, but the manga/amine Death Note gets taken up there, seemingly on par with any other form of media. It’s the second time manga/anime’s hinted at as a source of inspiration.
You COULD solve the FAI problem, but you need time to do other things too, and then the medium is of far less importance than the message. After all, if another medium can be more effective in delivering the same message—a film as opposed to a book, wouldn’t READING be worse than anime since you could be spending that extra time working instead?
I’m not sure you’re supposed to like anime, or at least people don’t talk much (at all?) about liking it. However, a substantial background in anime (something I don’t have) seems to be assumed.
Anime references seem to be part of the common currency here, although I haven’t seen much and what I have has not awakened my enthusiasm. I even watched all of Fate/Stay Night on YouTube, and The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya on DVD, since Eliezer had mentioned them from time to time; but I found less in them than he did.
The only anime I’ve really enjoyed is Fullmetal Alchemist . I suspect there are, in fact, plenty of people on LW with no interest in anime—that just passes unnoticed because they simply remain silent when the subject comes up.
If you’re a Transhumanist, you should give Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex a try. It’s excellent Postcyberpunk in general.
Do you like anime? [pollid:72]
The “true” Fate/Stay Night is an interactive videogame, which has never been translated into English in an official release.
I know that what I’ve seen is only part of the F/SN canon (and the same goes for Haruhi Suzumiya), but Eliezer hasn’t mentioned speaking Japanese, so what did he watch?
Goetz said ‘official’; very popular VNs often get fan translations. It’s a safe bet that anything by Typemoon has been fan translated.
I personally found the original Haruhi Suzumiya novels and stories to be superior to the anime.
Get out. Heretic.