@ArtirKel I just read this and thought it was excellent. (It was open in a browser tab; I’ve no idea how it got there.) https://nintil.com/2015/12/24/slaying-alexanders-moloch/ …
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Probably from
@KevinSimler 's epic thread of great reads :) Thanks!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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It’s still in my queue. I was super intrigued by the title, but my reading app tells me it’s a 66-min read
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If I could attempt a TL;DR, with apologies to
@ArtirKel (please correct if off!): Main point is that people can and regularly do get ourselves out of bad game-theoretic situations by pointing at them and saying “that’s bad, let’s not do it,” and then we don’t.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Rather than there being The Solution To Moloch, which is what a rationalist looks for, we collaboratively improvise numerous local solutions to local problems, which is what an ethnomethodologist looks for :) <- includes my editorializing there, obvs
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Despite my general great admiration for @slatestarcodex, I thought the Moloch piece was a big mistake when posted. It takes all sorts of difficult problems and wraps them up as a Gigantic Monster that can only be dealt with by a Gigantic God. This is needlessly disempowering.
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@ArtirKel also makes this point, although it’s maybe less central in his analysis than in mine.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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