Gunnar, I read it like you see some similarities between you and Gleb, but from by point of view, you two are quite unsimilar. You often write about the topic you feel most experienced (parenting), your advice seems good, and you fit the local culture well (after the few initial blunders). Gleb’s writings seem very cargo-cultish, he constantly does weird things, and his employees posting here only make it more weird.
Essentially, your posts are valued for their content, while I am afraid that Gleb is merely tolerated here because we still hope that maybe his activities outside of LW will be useful somehow.
What would make me improve my opinion on Gleb?
a) If someone coming here from Intentional Insights would actually fit in our culture and post useful stuff. Then I would say: “Okay, Gleb’s personal style rubs me the wrong way, but now I see that’s only a superficial thing and he actually helps to spread the kind of rationality we value here. There are many paths to the same goal.”
b) If Gleb himself would change.
At this moment I simply don’t see any evidence that what Gleb does is useful. I derive no personal pleasure from reading his articles; and I see no data that it actually helps anyone outside of LW. (I am not saying that everyone here must do super useful things, but someone who tries to become a public face of rationalist movement should.)
Gunnar, I read it like you see some similarities between you and Gleb, but from by point of view, you two are quite unsimilar. You often write about the topic you feel most experienced (parenting), your advice seems good, and you fit the local culture well (after the few initial blunders). Gleb’s writings seem very cargo-cultish, he constantly does weird things, and his employees posting here only make it more weird.
Essentially, your posts are valued for their content, while I am afraid that Gleb is merely tolerated here because we still hope that maybe his activities outside of LW will be useful somehow.
What would make me improve my opinion on Gleb?
a) If someone coming here from Intentional Insights would actually fit in our culture and post useful stuff. Then I would say: “Okay, Gleb’s personal style rubs me the wrong way, but now I see that’s only a superficial thing and he actually helps to spread the kind of rationality we value here. There are many paths to the same goal.”
b) If Gleb himself would change.
At this moment I simply don’t see any evidence that what Gleb does is useful. I derive no personal pleasure from reading his articles; and I see no data that it actually helps anyone outside of LW. (I am not saying that everyone here must do super useful things, but someone who tries to become a public face of rationalist movement should.)