I’m one of the mods, and wanted to give some context for the “purposefully avoid politically fraught discussion” thing. The overall LessWrong site-culture aims to discuss politics sparingly and carefully, since political discussion tends to end up taking over any size that allows it. (That’s not to say we do it never, but it’s not a primary feature of the site, and it’s something we somewhat discourage from newer users who haven’t absorbed as much of the site culture)
That all said, your comment seemed generally relevant. I agree that thinking about how mazes relate to government and politics is ultimately pretty important but I wouldn’t encourage it as the first thing you do here.
(don’t want this discussion to take over the whole thread, so am locking replies to this thread, but you can PM me, either on Intercom (bottom right) or via my user page if you want to ask more questions about that)
Hey escape_the_maze, welcome to the forum!
I’m one of the mods, and wanted to give some context for the “purposefully avoid politically fraught discussion” thing. The overall LessWrong site-culture aims to discuss politics sparingly and carefully, since political discussion tends to end up taking over any size that allows it. (That’s not to say we do it never, but it’s not a primary feature of the site, and it’s something we somewhat discourage from newer users who haven’t absorbed as much of the site culture)
That all said, your comment seemed generally relevant. I agree that thinking about how mazes relate to government and politics is ultimately pretty important but I wouldn’t encourage it as the first thing you do here.
(don’t want this discussion to take over the whole thread, so am locking replies to this thread, but you can PM me, either on Intercom (bottom right) or via my user page if you want to ask more questions about that)