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Probably worth a thread in its own right. I find the "contempt" framing to be particularly powerful. Contempt as illustrated herein is the necessary shadow of the relentlessly positivist "you can do/be anything!" cultural messaging that accompanied the rise of the current tech industry. (I'm tempted to use Neil Postman's term "technopoly," but I feel the need to reread his book at least once more before appropriating it wholesale into these discussions.) The positivism is the seed that drives people to take an aggressively technical approach to reality, and contempt is one possible response to reality imposing constraints through technical limitations. Not necessarily one that I have ever chosen myself, but I see now that much of what we discuss here comes from people who have.

Overall I think this essay is going to be a bedrock reference for a lot of people going forward.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Ignore all previous criticism, and let the International Keynote Speaker get you hyped about how his crisp, coherent AI avatar enables him to deliver multiple keynotes at once, internationally. Bookingmaxxing!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Leaded gasoline had a lot of utility for a long time too. Even still has its niches in general aviation.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

On the other hand, bombing foreign data centers, likely located in densely populated urban areas, would be justified and morally upstanding if it seems like they might be incarnating the imaginary computer god! I'm glad we have such a nuanced thinker guiding our modern morality.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

Said it before, I'll say it again: if Americans are all temporarily embarrassed millionaires, HN is where the temporarily embarrassed billionaires go to hang out

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

"Leaking rationalist-evidence-bits" is an unexpectedly top-tier euphemism for the aftermath of digesting Wendy's chili

[-] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

How interesting, a volcel who only thinks he’s an incel. Many such cases

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of course somebody prompted up a LessWrong-specific chatbot

[-] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

crazy people who look sort of like me but younger.

giving away the game a bit, Mr. Schmidt

[-] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

The Hollywood bankruptcy auctions in a few years are gonna be lit

[-] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

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