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I've read it. Almost the first thing I saw was: "Slate Star Codex was a window into the Silicon Valley psyche." This is just so obviously, insanely wrong that
by stupidcar 6y ago
I've read it. Almost the first thing I saw was:
"Slate Star Codex was a window into the Silicon Valley psyche."
This is just so obviously, insanely wrong that it's impossible to take anything else in the article seriously.
- xirbeosbwo1234 6y agoNot everyone in Silicon Valley is a rationalist, but pretty much all Rationalists are in Silicon Valley. Some big names in Silicon Valley are central figures in the movement. EDIT: To be clear, I don't know what the geographic distribution of Rationalists is. I also don't care. The fact of the matter is that the movement is irrelevant everywhere except Silicon Valley, and within Silicon Valley it is fairly powerful with several prominent adherents. This is spelled out in the New York Times article and its citations.
- leesalminen 6y agoCitation needed.
- xirbeosbwo1234 6y agoHere ya go: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-cod...
- leesalminen 6y agoSorry, the NYT is no longer an authoritative source on any topic. Please provide peer-reviewed research, published in at least 2 academic journals, with reproducible results. Thanks.
- NoOneNew 6y agoYou dont know the difference between an opinion piece and scientifically gathered data, do you? And I'm stupid white trash by the way. You definitely have a shinier degree than me (you might want a refund by the way). Though I've always been on the NASA, JPL and general engineering side of tech. I like their irrational behavior to the rational Silicon Valley. Let that marinate.
- netsharc 6y agoMy god, how obtuse... X: "This textbook says the earth is flat. It's wrong" You: "But the earth is flat!" X: "Citation please?" You: "Look in the textbook you're holding!"
- rustybelt 6y agoThe bible is the truth! It says so right here in the bible!
- NoOneNew 6y agoPretty much all rationalists are in SV??? Uh... okay. I really want to know how the hell you came to that conclusion. It's an area full of companies that have pr campaigns that boil down to "making the world a better place" while still being the most greed filled, ideological oppressive, and privacy violating companies in the country, let alone world. Maybe you're right. Yes, they are the most rational. It is the academic and corporate elite's job to control and plunder the majority of civilization for their own benefit. So yea, best to go where the rest of them are doing it. Never mind, you're right. If you're a snake, best to go into the same snake pit as other snakes. Let that marinate.
- evrydayhustling 6y agoEven if true, that's zero justification for expanding one niche group a window into the collective psyche.
- Viliam1234 6y agoIt is false: https://www.lesswrong.com/community https://www.lesswrong.com/community
- floatingatoll 6y agoI left the bay area for good after being burned repeatedly by folks whose social and moral beliefs aligned most closely with SSC’s grey tribe definition (as originally posted, not the summary from this article). While no doubt “not all Silicon Valley residents” applies, certainly after fifteen years of primacy of such beliefs my social circles, I’m sick of the grey tribe and will avoid living anywhere with a loud presence of it again.
- robin21 6y agoI’m very curious - not knowing much about these tribes myself. Could you give some examples of the beliefs that most disturbed you?
- floatingatoll 6y agoI’m not interested in derailing the thread, so with apologies I must decline. I encourage you to read the original source material if you’d like to learn more.
- yeetawayhn 6y agoWhich beliefs burned you?
- floatingatoll 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26154810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26154810
- yeetawayhn 6y agoThat's a cop-out of an answer, and one that makes people less inclined to believe in the entire story.
- floatingatoll 6y agoYour loss, not mine.