As for the exceptions, I see no reason to believe they’re particularly more widespread now than in the past (for instance, my parents have stories of weaponized conformity in EST meetings they briefly attended in the 70s).
Do you think that epistemic conditions were better in the 90s/00s? If yes, maybe it’s just that I spent most of my teenage/adult life in that period and think of it as normal, when it was actually a rare golden age? If no, any idea why things feel so much worse to me recently?
I’m not interested in getting deeply into this conversation here; it would take pages of writing to say everything I think, and that writing would be relatively slow because I’d have to measure my words in various ways to make it through this minefield.
I’d be really interested in getting the full case from you. Maybe you could consider writing an article for some larger publication to make the effort worthwhile?
Do you think that epistemic conditions were better in the 90s/00s? If yes, maybe it’s just that I spent most of my teenage/adult life in that period and think of it as normal, when it was actually a rare golden age? If no, any idea why things feel so much worse to me recently?
I’d be really interested in getting the full case from you. Maybe you could consider writing an article for some larger publication to make the effort worthwhile?
I spent the 00s in Guatemala and Chiapas, so I’m probably not the best judge of that question.
As for writing this more deeply… frankly, it’s unlikely to make it above the threshold on my to-do list.