The Schelling-point-ness of these memes seems to me to be secondary to (all inter-related):
memetic fit (within a certain demographic, conditional on the person/group already adopting certain beliefs/attitudes/norms etc)
being a self-correcting/stable attractor in the memespace
being easy to communicate and hold all the relevant parts in your mind at once
You discuss all of that but I read the post as saying something like “we need Schelling points, therefore we have to produce memetic attractors to serve as such Schelling points”, whereas I think that typically first a memeplex emerges, and then people start coordinating around it without much reflection. (Well, arguably this is true of most Schelling points.)
Here’s one more idea that I think I’ve seen mentioned somewhere and so far hasn’t spread but might become a Schelling point
AI summer—AI has brought a lot of possibilities but the road further ahead is fraught with risks. Let’s therefore pause fundamental research and focus on reaping the benefits of the state of AI that we already have.
The Schelling-point-ness of these memes seems to me to be secondary to (all inter-related):
memetic fit (within a certain demographic, conditional on the person/group already adopting certain beliefs/attitudes/norms etc)
being a self-correcting/stable attractor in the memespace
being easy to communicate and hold all the relevant parts in your mind at once
You discuss all of that but I read the post as saying something like “we need Schelling points, therefore we have to produce memetic attractors to serve as such Schelling points”, whereas I think that typically first a memeplex emerges, and then people start coordinating around it without much reflection. (Well, arguably this is true of most Schelling points.)
Here’s one more idea that I think I’ve seen mentioned somewhere and so far hasn’t spread but might become a Schelling point
AI summer—AI has brought a lot of possibilities but the road further ahead is fraught with risks. Let’s therefore pause fundamental research and focus on reaping the benefits of the state of AI that we already have.