In sum: Sandifer, JUST LIKE Yudkowski, Moldbug, and Land, is cracked, WAY out of his depth, and mostly wrong. Yet mildly interesting anyway.
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@Meaningness He has contributed much less, I think.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch I haven’t read the book, but I expect you are right!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch However, as Nostalgebrist points out, at minimum he’s provoked a lot of pretty interesting conversation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Yes, he has. Not sure how to assign credit on that one.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@GrumplessGrinch Maybe this is the “whatever became of…” phenomenon—coverage rekindling interest in the topic after LW & NRx have both faded1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Or maybe finally the sociopath has moved in to monetize the mops, which the geeks failed to do :-) http://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths …
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I get your point, but don't think sociopath is accurate. And not a fan of its weaponization.
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Replying to @GrumplessGrinch
the implication that sociopaths can't be creative is weird.
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sociopaths have become the faceless evil other for societal, group problems.
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I’ve added an explanatory/disclamatory footnote, fwiw. Better than nothing, maybe. http://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths#footnote5_kntdm6w …
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Replying to @Meaningness @bitemyapp
Better, yes. Think I'd prefer something in the neighborhood of "vicious amorality", but not as punchy perhaps.
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