This is a fun read, and the comments are also amusing.
My worst experience with rationalists (and possibly some of their worst experiences with me) were when romance/sex conflict came up. It turns out people are really bad at being rational when that happens.
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What Duncan is hungry for is for the world to be better, and he thinks as a contingent fact that being the chief of this particular tribe is the best way for him to do that.
read the whole thing, as it were.
#I don’t have to even *explain* why this is bad to non-rationalists And that’s why I interact less and less with...
Getting temporary housing in the Bay isn’t that bad, you would just use Airbnb.
My latin teacher once said the only person fit to be king is someone who doesn’t want to be; and I think there’s a lot...
I think there’s one criticism of this project I didn’t see anybody make (though I haven’t read the entire LW comment...
People with a fondness for boot camp?
Someone who is lost, vulnerable, and craving structure – in other words, a prime target for abuse.