I think these are just examples. (A) the whole post is about the first time in the past that we lived in a civilization, and B) it’s probably easier “thinking” (with respect to people and societies) to “play with the environment, to become the kind of man who can survive the end”. (B) the whole post actually sounds like it’s going to have an advantage when it starts from “The Art of Super Strategy” and the “What is the art of human rationality” part.
I think it’s easier to understand the art of human rationality from its own standpoint. If people have the feeling that rationality is a field that we should have all practicing that is really impressive to us—and yet they think “hooray!” we give them the feel that rationality is a field that we should have all practicing and looking impressive to us—why, of course, should anyone want to practice it or are they too dumb to see? (A) as a general statement: “what does rationality teach us to do?” (B) as a type of self indication that a little bit of creativity could be useful.
To illustrate a bit of my own thought process, I might encourage you to check out Eliezer’s posts on the rationalist community and Alicorn’s posts on agency and all that. So, what I have found so far is that more people are willing to participate than would in my previous post on agency or Alicorn’s post (because of your cached self defense). Note that I don’t necessarily disagree with A or Alicorn’s thinking about agency and would like to avoid that.
Also note that Alicorn’s post has the truth sub- danger tag, so if I saw it there, I would also share it with the other commenters. But you have to be aware of the tag’s text, and even if you don’t, I certainly hope I haven’t made things worse. And I hope you don’t mind posting it.
I think these are just examples. (A) the whole post is about the first time in the past that we lived in a civilization, and B) it’s probably easier “thinking” (with respect to people and societies) to “play with the environment, to become the kind of man who can survive the end”. (B) the whole post actually sounds like it’s going to have an advantage when it starts from “The Art of Super Strategy” and the “What is the art of human rationality” part.
I think it’s easier to understand the art of human rationality from its own standpoint. If people have the feeling that rationality is a field that we should have all practicing that is really impressive to us—and yet they think “hooray!” we give them the feel that rationality is a field that we should have all practicing and looking impressive to us—why, of course, should anyone want to practice it or are they too dumb to see? (A) as a general statement: “what does rationality teach us to do?” (B) as a type of self indication that a little bit of creativity could be useful.
To illustrate a bit of my own thought process, I might encourage you to check out Eliezer’s posts on the rationalist community and Alicorn’s posts on agency and all that. So, what I have found so far is that more people are willing to participate than would in my previous post on agency or Alicorn’s post (because of your cached self defense). Note that I don’t necessarily disagree with A or Alicorn’s thinking about agency and would like to avoid that.
Also note that Alicorn’s post has the truth sub- danger tag, so if I saw it there, I would also share it with the other commenters. But you have to be aware of the tag’s text, and even if you don’t, I certainly hope I haven’t made things worse. And I hope you don’t mind posting it.