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Scott Alexander is the kind of writer that found his niche reassuring wealthy liberal people that, yes, they actually are living in the best of all possible wor
by RodericDay 9y ago
Scott Alexander is the kind of writer that found his niche reassuring wealthy liberal people that, yes, they actually are living in the best of all possible worlds.
He's now in the same bucket as Steven Pinker, David Brooks, Doctor Pangloss, etc.
- bernardlunn 9y agoIt is also called taking a glass half full view which is no bad thing. Entrepreneurs are naturally more Tigger than Eeyore.
- adwn 9y ago> Scott Alexander is the kind of writer that found his niche reassuring wealthy liberal people that, yes, they actually are living in the best of all possible worlds. Huh?! You must have him confused with someone else. This assessment of his writing is so completely wrong that I don't even know where to start correcting it.
- selimthegrim 9y agoHe's probably talking about the conclusions your average SSC readers ends up drawing - a literate, wordy reinforcement of the status quo and "problems are hard". Whether this is Alexander's intended effect is another story.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoCompared to typical stories everywhere else, with simple and obvious solutions that are totally wrong, I'll take SSC any day. Scott is one of the rare breed of writers who seem to actually think things through.
- cbr 9y agoreassuring wealthy liberal people that, yes, they actually are living in the best of all possible worlds http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/15/answer-to-job/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/15/answer-to-job/