LINDY LINKS THREAD — posts I find myself still thinking about at least a year after reading them
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1. Too Late for the Pebbles to Vote (2016) https://status451.com/2016/08/09/too-late-for-the-pebbles-to-vote-part-1/ …
@maradydd’s three-part meditation on information silos, preference falsification, and sociopathy. Conceptually dense and beautifully written.
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2. Gears in understanding (2017) https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/B7P97C27rvHPz3s9B/gears-in-understanding … Great metaphor illustrating a property of a good mental model: clarity around _exactly_ how different parts of the model interact. Don’t be content with mere correlations — look for gears!
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3. Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution (2015/
@Meaningness) https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths … “Scenes” are fueled by geeks until they become attractive to MOPs/laypeople, then they’re milked by sociopaths. Simple, sticky model for how subcultures grow, mature, and decay.Show this thread -
4. A Big Little Idea Called Legibility (2010/
@vgr) https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/ … Legibility is a surprisingly interesting and important concept. E.g., insiders often deliberately pursue *illegibility* to make it harder for outsiders to control them. I think about this all the time.Show this thread -
5. Politics is the mind-killer (2007/
@ESYudkowsky) https://lesswrong.com/posts/9weLK2AJ9JEt2Tt8f/politics-is-the-mind-killer … This post makes a simple but powerful point: that politics, while important for other reasons, is corrosive of epistemic health. Be mindful of how much attention you pay to this domain.Show this thread -
6. How big a deal was the Industrial Revolution? (2017/
@lukeprog) http://lukemuehlhauser.com/industrial-revolution/ … To answer the question posed in the title: It was THE BIGGEST DEAL, at least in terms of improvements to human welfare. This is now my go-to/definitive post on the impact of the IR.Show this thread
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this is definitely one of my favorite essays on the internet period.
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