I feel like large parts of the blogpost are you taking your personal taste and asserting that everyone should consume the stuff you enjoy. You’re saying: Don’t consume fiction, except this genre and list of authors which I like.
I didn’t say that. And the post is not about personal taste or favorite kinds of entertainment.
The post can be summarized as follows:
a rational agent who has the goal of understanding the world—avoids consuming fiction, unless it’s the rare kind of fiction that benefits this goal more than it harms it
If you have a different goal (e.g. to maximize your enjoyment), there is nothing wrong with consuming whichever fiction you like.
I’ve edited the post to make it more clear.
enjoying sci-fi & fantasy which often get sneered at by literary people
BTW, for the purposes of mind uploading, I write down the title of every book / movie / game / etc I’ve consumed (with some metadata). Doing it for more than 20 years. According to the table, I’ve read about 200 science fiction books. I’m not a science fiction hater, but an ex-addict.
I didn’t say that. And the post is not about personal taste or favorite kinds of entertainment.
The post can be summarized as follows:
a rational agent who has the goal of understanding the world—avoids consuming fiction, unless it’s the rare kind of fiction that benefits this goal more than it harms it
If you have a different goal (e.g. to maximize your enjoyment), there is nothing wrong with consuming whichever fiction you like.
I’ve edited the post to make it more clear.
BTW, for the purposes of mind uploading, I write down the title of every book / movie / game / etc I’ve consumed (with some metadata). Doing it for more than 20 years. According to the table, I’ve read about 200 science fiction books. I’m not a science fiction hater, but an ex-addict.
Thanks for the edit, that helps. I un-downvoted it.