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I've always heard Moldbug referenced indirectly, but I never made the more direct connection, nor the Taylor commentary. Thanks. I suppose the question here is
by yowlingcat 10y ago
I've always heard Moldbug referenced indirectly, but I never made the more direct connection, nor the Taylor commentary. Thanks. I suppose the question here is whether it is possible to escape the Cathedral; that is, whether the Cathedral is a panopticon whose construction was long ago completed and within which we already reside.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoThe trumpocalypse suggests that we may be able to escape the cathedral. But the very nature of the trumpocalypse suggests that if we escape the cathedral via democratic means, the result might be something even scarier than rule by the cathedral/administrative state/etc. I suspect a more likely outcome - given the centralization of social media - is that the cathedral will succeed in suppressing the upstarts. Twitter, in spite of Trump's use of it, is certainly attempting to do so. Zuckerberg seems to have briefly resisted, but now seems to have seen the light.
- Tycho 10y agoThe next evolutionary phase of the Cathedral could be a Zuckerberg presidency. It may be his reward for "solving" (in the future) the problem of extra-Cathedral news consumption. But it's early days.