Thanks thats a helpful summary.
Slightly related question, why are his views seemingly being suddenly discussed a lot and taken semi-seriously on LessWrong?
It isn’t a sudden change. As far as I know, Moldbug’s ideas are a recurring minor theme at LW.
Yes I think this is about right. An example is this discussion of Peter Thiel’s support of seastading.
As NancyLebovitz said it isn’t really a new thing, there was a recent discussion on why talk of Moldbug’s ideas is noticeable here.
Thanks thats a helpful summary.
Slightly related question, why are his views seemingly being suddenly discussed a lot and taken semi-seriously on LessWrong?
It isn’t a sudden change. As far as I know, Moldbug’s ideas are a recurring minor theme at LW.
Yes I think this is about right. An example is this discussion of Peter Thiel’s support of seastading.
As NancyLebovitz said it isn’t really a new thing, there was a recent discussion on why talk of Moldbug’s ideas is noticeable here.