I can’t speak for others but I’ve come to see the Less Wrong / hardline rationalist crowd as having had some interesting ideas despite the Sam Bankman Fried of it all. Rationalwiki can be rather snarky, but can be a good resource.
Social media doesn’t often reward kindness, but that’s what is needed. Show kindness to young men, when you can. They need better guidance.
Royalty 🇬🇧
I’m only an hour in, but I’m getting masterpiece vibes
You moustache someone more knowledgeable
This meme clearly came from the good timeline. That would imply they’ve got a version of me without a moustache. Terrible look. I’ll volunteer for the interdimensional incursion mission.
Anyway…Have y’all tried Animal Well?
It’s really that bad
There’s an argument to be made for both Repulsor and Favourable Beginnings.
What have you got against apes, ya damn dirty hominid?
Some bots do more hardcore living in one comment chain than I do in six months
Imagine if Vivaldi became a right wing meth addict internet troll; variations on a theme
OP said “what if the present was meta”
Sorry someone had a mental breakdown on your post
Activism would help very little, but at least it isn’t fatalism.
Divine being moment
Got any neighbours who might pay for some of that?
I’ve never been impressed with my fellow Americans who talk shit on the French. We have mostly let go of our revolutionary spirit, and they never did. We would do well to pick up where we left off at Blair mountain.
I was content to damn them with faint praise and save everyone the hassle. EY is a reasonably good writer who repackaged a lot of good ideas (Kahneman et al) and came up with a lot of less impressive original ideas (all the parts you’ve highlighted, many more). His most enjoyable work was fiction.