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Yarvin is an example of what happens to technical people who spend too much time thinking complex systems can be viewed through a rational lens. If you ask the

Yarvin is an example of what happens to technical people who spend too much time thinking complex systems can be viewed through a rational lens. If you ask them why things like Morality, Justice, Love, Forgiveness, Beauty, Empathy, Cooperation etc emerge their framework to explain reality and transformation starts breaking down.

bigbadfeline 1y ago
> Yarvin is an example of what happens to technical people who spend too much time thinking complex systems can be viewed through a rational lens. More like, Yarvin is a willing tool without a clue about systems, rationality or politics for that matter. His thinking stopped long time ago when his friends and investors showed him the green - the universal lobotomizer. >If you ask them why things like [Ethics] emerge Nothing emerges these days, it's planted and grown, industrial farming style. Besides, asking a puppet is a nonsensical endeavor. The current US power grab requires legitimization, thus the appropriate plants are being fertilized. One of the most potent crops is of course Nazism, the push has started at least 10 years ago, there is nothing new here and this isn't a surprise to anyone who knows something about human nature and political history. > their framework to explain reality and transformation starts breaking down. "Their framework" is going to break down a lot of good things before it starts breaking down itself... and empty pleas for [ethics] can do absolutely nothing to stop it.
- fennec-posix 1y ago
  >"Their framework" is going to break down a lot of good things before it starts breaking down itself... and empty pleas for [ethics] can do absolutely nothing to stop it. bingo.
- joules77 1y ago
  There was no plea in my comment. Was just pointing out their blind spots which they will discover soon enough. But the tech folk here, who are trained to think dashboards, metrics, scale and efficiency are the answer to handling complexity/unpredictability can get easily carried away by the Yarvin's of the world, because you won't hear much talk about the blind spots here. We already saw how carried away they were with Elon/DOGE. Can't avoid reality.

bigbadfeline 1y ago

> Yarvin is an example of what happens to technical people who spend too much time thinking complex systems can be viewed through a rational lens. More like, Yarvin is a willing tool without a clue about systems, rationality or politics for that matter. His thinking stopped long time ago when his friends and investors showed him the green - the universal lobotomizer. >If you ask them why things like [Ethics] emerge Nothing emerges these days, it's planted and grown, industrial farming style. Besides, asking a puppet is a nonsensical endeavor. The current US power grab requires legitimization, thus the appropriate plants are being fertilized. One of the most potent crops is of course Nazism, the push has started at least 10 years ago, there is nothing new here and this isn't a surprise to anyone who knows something about human nature and political history. > their framework to explain reality and transformation starts breaking down. "Their framework" is going to break down a lot of good things before it starts breaking down itself... and empty pleas for [ethics] can do absolutely nothing to stop it.

fennec-posix 1y ago
>"Their framework" is going to break down a lot of good things before it starts breaking down itself... and empty pleas for [ethics] can do absolutely nothing to stop it. bingo.
joules77 1y ago
There was no plea in my comment. Was just pointing out their blind spots which they will discover soon enough. But the tech folk here, who are trained to think dashboards, metrics, scale and efficiency are the answer to handling complexity/unpredictability can get easily carried away by the Yarvin's of the world, because you won't hear much talk about the blind spots here. We already saw how carried away they were with Elon/DOGE. Can't avoid reality.