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.2 replies 2 retweets 59 likesShow this thread -
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.4 replies 5 retweets 55 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness
A more individual psych-level hypothesis re: subculture collapse: People seek communities in which threatening upward comparisons are below some set personal threshold. Creatives tend to have a particularly low threshold. 1/?
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This is what lies behind the passionate search for un- or underexplored niches in which to cultivate value. As subcultures grow and competition intensifies, more thresholds are reached and more creatives bail (and even repudiate) 2/?
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Yes I think this explains why subcultures constantly fission, and that contributes to their eventual failure. OTOH, after fissioning, the ponds are smaller and more comfortable again, so it’s not the whole story.
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