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Neither here nor there, but why does astralcodexten seem so much less interesting than slatestarcodex? Is it because he is no longer anonymous and reels in his
by oh_sigh 4y ago
Neither here nor there, but why does astralcodexten seem so much less interesting than slatestarcodex?
Is it because he is no longer anonymous and reels in his wilder thoughts? Is he suffering from too much fame? Greater urgency in publishing now on substack?
- stnmtn 4y agoHe had a post about this, "Why do I suck now?" I think a good point brought up is, how many novel ideas can one person have before treading the same ground again? https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-do-i-suck https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-do-i-suck
- slothtrop 4y agoThis idea of the low-hanging fruit being accounted for is also brought up in a post about rates of significant scientific discovery over time. At any rate I still think his writing is great in general. Although I'm kind of bored of the AI obsession the rat-adjacent circles have.
- tarboreus 4y agoFunny, I kind of enjoy it more. Possibly I'm being boring. I think he's just older. He tends to sound less sweeping and more reasonable in his posts these days.
- zamfi 4y agoNot to be intentionally provocative, but have you considered that it might be you who has changed? But really, personality or interest drift on either side could result in this...