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here's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised them (app.simplenote.com)
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

i've just realized - the endless prose is drug-fuelled. blog post part vii == i am doing drugs and cannot stop typing

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “endless drug-fueled prose about drugs” is an entire, unfortunate subgenre of Rationalist authorship. it takes them a surprisingly long time (usually a couple years or so) to spiral out and stop posting, but the posts usually get even less coherent as they approach burnout

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The story goes that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the second draft of "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" in less than a week while buzzing on cocaine. The Rationalists just write obnoxious blog posts.

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