You commented yourself that the word “woke” is ill defined, but I don’t think this post takes that ill-definition seriously enough. I don’t really know what you mean by it, and frankly I’d be surprised if two readers (both within the LessWrong overton window but with significant political differences), who were both confident that they understood what you meant, had the same understanding.
Why does having the exact same understanding here matter? As an example, we can discuss the importance of art or science without delineating the exact boundaries of either, although it certainly helps. I guess I see getting too caught up in this as something of a distraction when trying to form a high-level map of what happened.
You commented yourself that the word “woke” is ill defined, but I don’t think this post takes that ill-definition seriously enough. I don’t really know what you mean by it, and frankly I’d be surprised if two readers (both within the LessWrong overton window but with significant political differences), who were both confident that they understood what you meant, had the same understanding.
Why does having the exact same understanding here matter? As an example, we can discuss the importance of art or science without delineating the exact boundaries of either, although it certainly helps. I guess I see getting too caught up in this as something of a distraction when trying to form a high-level map of what happened.