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Kevin Simler

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Writer, software person, armchair anthropologist, dilettante. All genders, all political opinions welcome. Book: https://amzn.com/0190495995/ 

San Francisco, CA
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    1. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Sep 9
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      LINDY LINKS THREAD — posts I find myself still thinking about at least a year after reading them

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    2. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Sep 9
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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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    3. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Sep 9
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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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    4. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Sep 10
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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.

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    5. Meredith L. Patterson‏Verified account @maradydd Sep 10
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      Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness

      Stickiness is a concept I'd like to get back to with y'all at some point.

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      Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Sep 10
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      Replying to @maradydd @Meaningness

      Why not now?? Btw Meredith, are you still writing longform anywhere? I haven’t seen anything in a while, but just _love_ your writing. (When Nerds Collide is another post of yours I think about pretty often.)

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        1. Meredith L. Patterson‏Verified account @maradydd Sep 11
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          Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness

          It's happening, just nothing's finished yet. Voltron's got a lot of balls in the air rn. (Cf. https://status451.com/2017/05/24/the-four-blind-men-the-elephant-and-alan-kay/ …, but spinout company and I'm the boss.)

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