I've read the entire article and I agree. Politics is garbage. 99% of it is manipulation of our primitive brains. After reading this, I am now a fan. I would be very interested to read "How To Get Clean" if it was published. Please consider publishing it soon, and get well.
I usually use the metaphor of political thermodynamics, I have found that quite a lot can be explained not only by analogy to evolution, but also statistical mechanics in physics :)
Useful and very incomplete is the best way I can describe this.
Your thought experiment asks about percentage upside, and what’s still left over to do. Very good question. “After communism, then what?” also has a non-utopian downside variant, though, which can be far more than 10% difference to your life. It has often been 100%. As Taleb noted re: investors, “rational” models that fail to take total loss and exit into account aren’t rational.
Addressing the “you’re not just a bugman who lives for itself, you are also legitimately part of larger things with corresponding duties, which you can neglect but not discard” deficit here is a whole other article.
The huffers and addicts DO need to read your piece.
AND they’ll be gravely damaged if they stop there. Much as the Red Pill is a necessary waypoint but a poor stopping place.
i read this article a few months ago and whenever i get too involved in politics i remember this and go back to re-read it. it's really good and really thorough and really a cleansing piece of writing.
One of your biggest hits, thank you. So, Tech —> Cult —> Pol —> Addictions/Madness? Each step up the ladder extracts dumb and gay addictions out of the cool things and outsourcing labor can be dangerous to the primitive mind?
What’s wrong with video games? They are video versions of puzzles, and a 2 way communication, as opposed to television or videos on the internet or disc.
lots of conclusions as statement of fact not supported by the evidence. Not a cross substantive analysis but a fun read nevertheless. Whatever helps you sleep at night, Elder.
as a 16-year-old high school student, this was the most enlightening thing i have ever read
yeah, because you are a stupid teenager
I've read the entire article and I agree. Politics is garbage. 99% of it is manipulation of our primitive brains. After reading this, I am now a fan. I would be very interested to read "How To Get Clean" if it was published. Please consider publishing it soon, and get well.
Germ theory of politics is a great term!
I am going to steal that ^^
I usually use the metaphor of political thermodynamics, I have found that quite a lot can be explained not only by analogy to evolution, but also statistical mechanics in physics :)
Great post!
Nice name.
Here I am, stumbling on this almost half a decade later. This poast is timeless.
The best essay I've seen in some time. Just spitting facts. Politics is utterly unimportant at this point. Art matters more.
I can't define "based" but I know it when I see it. Based poast.
Did you end up writing the follow up essay?
No 😅. This is kind of a follow up but not in the vein of what was originally promised. Just a clarification/update on the position. https://minordissent.substack.com/p/h1b-and-the-entropy-of-victory
Useful and very incomplete is the best way I can describe this.
Your thought experiment asks about percentage upside, and what’s still left over to do. Very good question. “After communism, then what?” also has a non-utopian downside variant, though, which can be far more than 10% difference to your life. It has often been 100%. As Taleb noted re: investors, “rational” models that fail to take total loss and exit into account aren’t rational.
Addressing the “you’re not just a bugman who lives for itself, you are also legitimately part of larger things with corresponding duties, which you can neglect but not discard” deficit here is a whole other article.
The huffers and addicts DO need to read your piece.
AND they’ll be gravely damaged if they stop there. Much as the Red Pill is a necessary waypoint but a poor stopping place.
i read this article a few months ago and whenever i get too involved in politics i remember this and go back to re-read it. it's really good and really thorough and really a cleansing piece of writing.
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Have always felt this way but couldn’t put it to words nearly as well
Pro tip: just use way too many of them and eventually by random chance some will be coherent and useful 😂
One of your biggest hits, thank you. So, Tech —> Cult —> Pol —> Addictions/Madness? Each step up the ladder extracts dumb and gay addictions out of the cool things and outsourcing labor can be dangerous to the primitive mind?
Saving your dats for tomorrows read. Be it said Hal Hartley has a new film in the works. So we have that going for us...
What’s wrong with video games? They are video versions of puzzles, and a 2 way communication, as opposed to television or videos on the internet or disc.
lots of conclusions as statement of fact not supported by the evidence. Not a cross substantive analysis but a fun read nevertheless. Whatever helps you sleep at night, Elder.
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always’ has been
Akshually the cotton gin prolonged slavery by making it more profitable.