But this is really a serious concern. Brushing it away with a comment along the lines of “Well, they also say that about obviously non-cultish figure X; how silly!” is like—like—well, um...
Still, how would we go about determining whether this accusation was true? I think that EY is a smart cookie who writes engagingly on an important topic that doesn’t get enough attention; is that in itself disciple-like behaviour, and if not how should we determine whether that’s enough to account for my behavour, or whether the additional disciple hypothesis is warranted?
Ironically, Paul Graham gets exactly the same accusations on Hacker News.
But this is really a serious concern. Brushing it away with a comment along the lines of “Well, they also say that about obviously non-cultish figure X; how silly!” is like—like—well, um...
--failing to pump against entropy, as it is written that “Every Cause Wants to Be a Cult.”
Downvoted.
Still, how would we go about determining whether this accusation was true? I think that EY is a smart cookie who writes engagingly on an important topic that doesn’t get enough attention; is that in itself disciple-like behaviour, and if not how should we determine whether that’s enough to account for my behavour, or whether the additional disciple hypothesis is warranted?