I personally really like Scott Alexander’s Presidential Platform, it hits the hilarious-but-also-almost-works spot so perfectly. He also has many Bay Area house party stories in addition to the one you link (you can find a bunch (all?) linked at the top of this post). He also has this one from a long time ago, which has one of the best punchlines I’ve read.
This was wonderful. Anyone have recommendations for similar writing?
Here’s 4:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kj4jW9DxtKQBJbapn/stanislav-petrov-quarterly-performance-review
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/every-bay-area-house-party?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pL4WhsoPJwauRYkeK/moses-and-the-class-struggle
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aRBAhBsc6vZs3WviL/ommc-announces-rip
Good list!
I personally really like Scott Alexander’s Presidential Platform, it hits the hilarious-but-also-almost-works spot so perfectly. He also has many Bay Area house party stories in addition to the one you link (you can find a bunch (all?) linked at the top of this post). He also has this one from a long time ago, which has one of the best punchlines I’ve read.
I agree about the punchline. Chef’s kiss post
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pk9mofif2jWbc6Tv3/fiction-a-disneyland-without-children
Thanks for advertising my work, but alas, I think that’s much more depressing than this one.
Could make for a good Barbie <> Oppenheimer combo though?
You might enjoy this story I wrote a few months ago, also about AI doom and also set in the future: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BgTsxMq5bgzKTLsLA/this-is-already-your-second-chance
Also this very recent one: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6h9p6NZ5RRFvAqWq5/the-summoned-heroine-s-prediction-markets-keep-providing