His stuff was occasionally interestingly contrarian. I think it’s useful to have a few people around with political/social opinions outside the usual LW space of lukewarm leftist to libertarian to technocrat, if only to help avoid groupthink.
On the other hand, while it’s nice to have someone to point out that the emperor is naked, it usually needs to be done in a way that’s relatively hard to dismiss as a hateful diatribe.
His stuff was occasionally interestingly contrarian. I think it’s useful to have a few people around with political/social opinions outside the usual LW space of lukewarm leftist to libertarian to technocrat, if only to help avoid groupthink.
On the other hand, while it’s nice to have someone to point out that the emperor is naked, it usually needs to be done in a way that’s relatively hard to dismiss as a hateful diatribe.