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The points he makes are great, but rather than self-aggrandizement (not to say all CV building is that,) I have become voracious about knowledge and the "right
by sova 6y ago
The points he makes are great, but rather than self-aggrandizement (not to say all CV building is that,) I have become voracious about knowledge and the "right way to do things," like voting, public policy, guaranteed income, governance, philosophy, and I started a newsletter a few days ago [1] if anyone is interested.
I have used twitter in the past to post a contentious opinion and see what logical debates result. Most people shoot from the hip and are emotional, but some people are quite rational and are willing to look at the data and really understand things. So when looking for consensus, why not make an outlandish statement and be proven wrong? It's very helpful provided you don't take any hits personally.
I find that writing and blogging help me decouple my identity from my ideas, and evaluate them on their merits more objectively.
[1] https://satisologie.com https://satisologie.com
- saagarjha 6y agoI don't think you're ever going to hit on the "right way to do" the complicated things you've mentioned. However, there's nothing wrong with having discussions about it.
- sova 6y agoA good example is voting, because there is a lot of science behind it now. If you look at different voting systems and the amount of "Bayesian Regret" in each system, it's clear that Score Voting is the best system. Things like this I was astonished to discover, because there can be decades between discovery and consensus.