belly_joe

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   by belly_joe 6y ago

   I think this is an extremely common experience. At least it maps really well to what I've gone through. Small surges of "motivation" wherein I embark on projects and then they taper off, constant battles with procrastination,
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   by belly_joe 6y ago

   Not sure why this is getting downvoted. It strikes me as the highest form of chauvinism to assume your own society has discovered the One True Ethics. Still, I think some conception of Western Human Rights should be universalized (like slav
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   by belly_joe 6y ago

   I've noticed this as well. Reminds me of this from Scott Alexander: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservativ...
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   by belly_joe 6y ago

   I think this is basically correct, and that the comparison to the way memeplexes (lol memeplices?)construct worldviews is a good point that goes unnoticed in a great deal of political discussion. Almost every ideology is anchored to the rea
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   by belly_joe 6y ago

   Amazon is also the apotheosis of the growth model tech companies build on. I was working in finance in the early 2010s, and it was then fashionable for analysts to point out that Amazon's classic profitability metrics were flashing red