If the slope is so slippery, how come we’ve been standing on it for over a decade? (Or do you think we’re sliding downward at a substantial speed? If so, how can we turn this into a disagreement about concrete predictions about what LW will be like in 5 years?)
I would have thought you’d prefer that I avoid trying to apply the philosophy idea to a detailed object-level special case (specifically, that of this website) in the comment section of a Frontpaged post (as a opposed to a lower-visibility meta post or private conversation)?? (Maybe this is another illustration of Wei’s point that our traditional norms just end up encouraging hidden agendas.)
If the slope is so slippery, how come we’ve been standing on it for over a decade? (Or do you think we’re sliding downward at a substantial speed? If so, how can we turn this into a disagreement about concrete predictions about what LW will be like in 5 years?)
OP is trying to convey a philosophical idea (which could be wrong, and whose wrongness would reflect poorly on me, although I think not very poorly, quantitatively speaking) about “true maps as a Schelling point.” (You can see a prelude to this in the last paragraph of a comment of mine from two months ago.)
I would have thought you’d prefer that I avoid trying to apply the philosophy idea to a detailed object-level special case (specifically, that of this website) in the comment section of a Frontpaged post (as a opposed to a lower-visibility meta post or private conversation)?? (Maybe this is another illustration of Wei’s point that our traditional norms just end up encouraging hidden agendas.)
I replied with some meta-thoughts about my uncertainties and best guesses about current norms over here on shortform.