Edit: this post was originally intended as an explicit call to action. The new shape of LessWrong is (I think rightly) disincentivizing calls to action. I’ve modified this post a bit in light of that. It’s still a bit call-to-action-y. I’m erring on the side of posting it to main but am interested feedback (both from Sunshine Folk and others) on the degree of call-to-action-ness it implies.
Thanks Raemon! I think the post is pretty good on this spectrum. While this post is definitely about social norms, it’s largely arguments about social mechanisms and their consequences (letting the reader decide their actions for themselves), rather than telling the reader they’re doing something bad / trying to use social force to change the reader’s actions. So as a ‘Sunshine Folk’ I appreciate the effort, this post easily could be more on the other end of the spectrum.
Edit: this post was originally intended as an explicit call to action. The new shape of LessWrong is (I think rightly) disincentivizing calls to action. I’ve modified this post a bit in light of that. It’s still a bit call-to-action-y. I’m erring on the side of posting it to main but am interested feedback (both from Sunshine Folk and others) on the degree of call-to-action-ness it implies.
Thanks Raemon! I think the post is pretty good on this spectrum. While this post is definitely about social norms, it’s largely arguments about social mechanisms and their consequences (letting the reader decide their actions for themselves), rather than telling the reader they’re doing something bad / trying to use social force to change the reader’s actions. So as a ‘Sunshine Folk’ I appreciate the effort, this post easily could be more on the other end of the spectrum.
Wait which end of the spectrum?
I didn’t register it as call-y-to-action at all, FWIW.
yeah I’m actually confused what the call to action was even before editing