It sounds like you and me both prefer what the author of this piece calls "combat culture": https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ExssKjAaXEEYcnzPd/conversational-cul

It sounds like you and me both prefer what the author of this piece calls "combat culture": https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ExssKjAaXEEYcnzPd/conversational-cultures-combat-vs-nurture https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ExssKjAaXEEYcnzPd/conversati... I'm with you – I want people around who can call me out when I'm wrong. My read on what the author is saying: imagine if you or I didn't have anyone to call us when we don't know what we're talking about. Imagine if we didn't have people who would tell us that we were asking questions without doing due diligence beforehand. That's one side of what it's like to work without anyone to give you useful feedback when you're wrong. On the flip side, useful feedback doesn't need to be "smashing without mercy." It just needs to be direct and care about accuracy (e.g. Marilyn's review of Bill's code in the post).