My first comment is a month old (as is Eliezer’s original and now edited post). A month is a long time and in that time I was “hounded” out of LW. I think I was the first who experienced Eliezer’s idea of policing the walled garden from vandalism and entropy. However to an outsider this looks more like a recipe for political correctness. In other words the uniformity of thought on LW is rather high and the place does seem rather boring. Motivated rationalists searching for a raison d’être—be it nusery rhymes, losing weight, procrastination or missionary behaviour with daring programmes for eradicating other’s irrationality.
In a sense it all rather seems like one big Multi-Player-Game in Language. Scoring points and distributing hits with rather transparent strategies for how to proceed. In my worst moments I sometimes think, that Eliezer has opened “the box” and the “thing” needs an army of obedient servants. LW would be the first place to start recruiting.
My first comment is a month old (as is Eliezer’s original and now edited post). A month is a long time and in that time I was “hounded” out of LW. I think I was the first who experienced Eliezer’s idea of policing the walled garden from vandalism and entropy. However to an outsider this looks more like a recipe for political correctness. In other words the uniformity of thought on LW is rather high and the place does seem rather boring. Motivated rationalists searching for a raison d’être—be it nusery rhymes, losing weight, procrastination or missionary behaviour with daring programmes for eradicating other’s irrationality. In a sense it all rather seems like one big Multi-Player-Game in Language. Scoring points and distributing hits with rather transparent strategies for how to proceed. In my worst moments I sometimes think, that Eliezer has opened “the box” and the “thing” needs an army of obedient servants. LW would be the first place to start recruiting.