This is interesting and compelling but I wish it had more examples. Most notably, at “this happens in the real world ALL THE TIME” my reaction was—I don’t feel like I encounter blackmail happening all the time in my experience of the world? I’m not sure if this is because blackmail is concentrated in specific parts of the world I’m not in (e.g. among famous people), or because I’m in a bubble of relative niceness, or because there is blackmail happening near me but I’m not noticing it, or because Zvi is wrong about blackmail happening all the time, or because he’s classifying some things as blackmail that I wouldn’t, or because he’s classifying some things as blackmail that I’m not thinking of but I’d agree if they were pointed out to me. Some examples would help distinguish these things.
This is interesting and compelling but I wish it had more examples. Most notably, at “this happens in the real world ALL THE TIME” my reaction was—I don’t feel like I encounter blackmail happening all the time in my experience of the world? I’m not sure if this is because blackmail is concentrated in specific parts of the world I’m not in (e.g. among famous people), or because I’m in a bubble of relative niceness, or because there is blackmail happening near me but I’m not noticing it, or because Zvi is wrong about blackmail happening all the time, or because he’s classifying some things as blackmail that I wouldn’t, or because he’s classifying some things as blackmail that I’m not thinking of but I’d agree if they were pointed out to me. Some examples would help distinguish these things.