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This website is written in a very self aggrandizing way. At this point I feel like I am biased against the articles before reading them because every article se
by LargeTomato 3y ago
This website is written in a very self aggrandizing way. At this point I feel like I am biased against the articles before reading them because every article seems to explicitly state, or attempt to implicitly state, how smart the author is. Meanwhile, I read some blog posts that are posted onto HN that are not like that.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoUsing an ad hominem isn't even a fair way to crush a butterfly. I think it's a sign of maturity as a reader to be able to work around the bad to get to where one can see some of the good. This article is about letting that better nature in. HN is one site where we really could permit some space & possibility better.
- thot_experiment 3y agoThe LW crowd is all like that, I think it's neat that they've been able to create this echo chamber for themselves because it leads to some really wonky ideas and norms. I think the rationalists have mostly failed at their stated goals ("raise the sanity waterline"?) at least on an object level. However, I do think there's a good amount of value in the second order effects of a big group of nerds who are rich enough off tech money to eschew a great deal of societal norms and create something so fucking odd when viewed through a normie lens. I think society's annealing could use more heat, and they provide.
- koliber 3y agoThink about this!!!!