This advice is probably good in most social contexts—but I really appreciate the rationalist norm of taking deception very seriously. I resolve this class of conflict by being much more apprehensive than usual about casually misleading my rationalist-adjacent friends and business associates.
This advice is probably good in most social contexts—but I really appreciate the rationalist norm of taking deception very seriously. I resolve this class of conflict by being much more apprehensive than usual about casually misleading my rationalist-adjacent friends and business associates.
I would go even farther, it’s fundamentally bad advice for anyone that plans to interact with anyone, or any group, that is actually sophisticated.
This kind of pretending wouldn’t even fool the modern day equivalents of von Neumann’s secretary.