I like LW, and think that it does a certain subset of things better than anywhere else on the internet.
In particular, terms of “sane takes on what’s going on” I can usually find them somewhere in the highly upvoted posts or comments.
I think in general my issue with LW is it just reflects the pitfalls of the rationalist worldview. In general the prevailing view conflates intelligence with wisdom, and therefore fails to grasp what is sacred on a moment to moment level that allows skillful action.
I think the fallout of SBF, the fact that rationalists and EAs keep building AI capabilities organizations, rationality adjacent cults centered around obviously immoral world views etc., are all predictable consequences of doing a thing where you try to intelligence hard enough that wisdom comes out.
I don’t really expect this to change, and expect LW to continue to be a place that has the sanest takes on what’s going on and then leads to incredible mistakes when trying to address that situation. And that previous sentence basically sums up how I feel about LW these days.
I like LW, and think that it does a certain subset of things better than anywhere else on the internet.
In particular, terms of “sane takes on what’s going on” I can usually find them somewhere in the highly upvoted posts or comments.
I think in general my issue with LW is it just reflects the pitfalls of the rationalist worldview. In general the prevailing view conflates intelligence with wisdom, and therefore fails to grasp what is sacred on a moment to moment level that allows skillful action.
I think the fallout of SBF, the fact that rationalists and EAs keep building AI capabilities organizations, rationality adjacent cults centered around obviously immoral world views etc., are all predictable consequences of doing a thing where you try to intelligence hard enough that wisdom comes out.
I don’t really expect this to change, and expect LW to continue to be a place that has the sanest takes on what’s going on and then leads to incredible mistakes when trying to address that situation. And that previous sentence basically sums up how I feel about LW these days.