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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Replying to @AinSophistry @Meaningness
This is a nice complement to David’s model. I especially like your point that creatives are averse to direct competition/comparison
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Replying to @KevinSimler @AinSophistry
One of the key enabling aspects of productive “scenius” is a sense of shared authoring of the creations. Of course that can only go so far (lest the most productive find it unfair) but it’s important
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This is one of the best things about “memes” in the pic+joke sense; everyone praises innovations and then feels free to elaborate
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