Making this explicit would allow the important discussion of how widely applicable this model is. Things that are primarily about an extremely weird subgroup are interesting, but some participants tend to claim a more fundamental truth to their models than is really supported.
I think mostly to the writers. There’s a bit too much editorial control being used if the site enforces some tag like “bay-area rationalist culture related”. The hidden agenda norm (where authors seem to try to generalize without reference to the reasons they believe the model is useful) is something I’d like to see changed, but I think it needs to come from the authors and readers, not from the mods or site owners.
Making this explicit would allow the important discussion of how widely applicable this model is. Things that are primarily about an extremely weird subgroup are interesting, but some participants tend to claim a more fundamental truth to their models than is really supported.
‘Make this explicit’ is a suggestion to writers, or to the LW mod team?
I think mostly to the writers. There’s a bit too much editorial control being used if the site enforces some tag like “bay-area rationalist culture related”. The hidden agenda norm (where authors seem to try to generalize without reference to the reasons they believe the model is useful) is something I’d like to see changed, but I think it needs to come from the authors and readers, not from the mods or site owners.