This ended up being my highest-karma post, which I wasn’t expecting, especially as it hasn’t been promoted out of “personal blog” and therefore isn’t as visible as many of my other posts. (To be fair “The Nature of Offense” would probably have a higher karma if it was posted today, as each vote only had one point back then.) Curious what people liked about it, or upvoted it for.
I liked that it provided a personal perspective into an important window of history. Whether by instinct or design, you also neatly organized it into information-decision-information-decision, which is exactly the kind of analysis we want to be able to do.
Separately from my appreciation: it fits the zeitgeist, since the US is in political crisis and modern China is and has been an important factor in world events for years.
Lastly, though I can’t put my finger precisely on why, it feels relevant to the events of Petrov Day this year. Sort of the inverse, if that makes any sense: not world-ending, but personal world-ending; plenty of time to make the decision but a stupendous amount of information to consider; the consequences stretched out over years and decades rather than a few hours.
This ended up being my highest-karma post, which I wasn’t expecting, especially as it hasn’t been promoted out of “personal blog” and therefore isn’t as visible as many of my other posts. (To be fair “The Nature of Offense” would probably have a higher karma if it was posted today, as each vote only had one point back then.) Curious what people liked about it, or upvoted it for.
I liked that it provided a personal perspective into an important window of history. Whether by instinct or design, you also neatly organized it into information-decision-information-decision, which is exactly the kind of analysis we want to be able to do.
Separately from my appreciation: it fits the zeitgeist, since the US is in political crisis and modern China is and has been an important factor in world events for years.
Lastly, though I can’t put my finger precisely on why, it feels relevant to the events of Petrov Day this year. Sort of the inverse, if that makes any sense: not world-ending, but personal world-ending; plenty of time to make the decision but a stupendous amount of information to consider; the consequences stretched out over years and decades rather than a few hours.
I found it mildly useful to hear about someone’s experiences in this kind of situation, and it’s an interesting story.
It’s also a very easily digestible post.