Scott Aaronson, for example, blogs about “blank faced” non-self-explaining authoritarian bureaucrats being a constant problem in academia. Venkatesh Rao writes about the corporate world, and the picture presented is one of a simulation constantly maintained thorough improv.
Well, I once met a person in academia who was convinced she’d be utterly bored anywhere outside academia.
If you want an unbiased perspective on what life is like outside the rationality community, you should talk to people not associated with the rationality community. (Yes, Venkatesh Rao doesn’t blog here as far as I can tell, but he is repeatedly mentioned on LW, so counts as “associated” for the purpose of this exercise.)
Well, I once met a person in academia who was convinced she’d be utterly bored anywhere outside academia.
If you want an unbiased perspective on what life is like outside the rationality community, you should talk to people not associated with the rationality community. (Yes, Venkatesh Rao doesn’t blog here as far as I can tell, but he is repeatedly mentioned on LW, so counts as “associated” for the purpose of this exercise.)