Eliezer got some early influence from the General Semantics-inspired Null-A books by A.E. van Vogt.
(I’m leaving two versions of this comment in different threads because buybuydandavis also asked about Korzybski and LW.)
Edit: I realized that this comment doesn’t make much sense as a direct reply to yours. Consider it an addendum to Mitchell_Porter’s comment.
Eliezer got some early influence from the General Semantics-inspired Null-A books by A.E. van Vogt.
(I’m leaving two versions of this comment in different threads because buybuydandavis also asked about Korzybski and LW.)
Edit: I realized that this comment doesn’t make much sense as a direct reply to yours. Consider it an addendum to Mitchell_Porter’s comment.