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So not only is he not wrong, he's a keen social critic?

• rdevilla 7mo ago
  Personally I cleave to the extremes of the hyperintrospective portion of the spectrum, so no, I think taken at face value his comments are absurd. Nonetheless you need to understand the dark and less visited corners of the mental landscape whence these ideas and his (putative) target audiences were borne (Bay Area rationalism), and the strategic nature of this communication which is more intended to send a message to certain sects rather than reveal anything genuine about himself or others. At these echelons communication takes on a different character. You must understand if you speak at this level.
  • mpalmer 7mo ago
    But why give him credit for subtext for which there's no apparent evidence? By all appearances he's saying this stuff in earnest. Why does it need to be "encoded"?
    • simianwords 7mo ago
      Why not give him credit? If you read his other work and the background, all this stuff is obvious.
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    • rdevilla 7mo ago
      Information asymmetry is power in the era of abundant information.