makes it explicit and uncontroversial what counts as failure or success,
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/kkp/politics_is_hard_mode/ … Calling politics "hard mode" analogizes it to a video game that is entertaining for all involved,
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doesn't involve serious harms to the participant (let alone bystanders) in the event of failure,
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and signals (at worst) the participant's heroic willingness to take on tough challenges or (at best) the participant's supreme skill.
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These all seem like inaccurate connotations to me, which makes me hope the meme doesn't catch on.
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It seems to me that the discussion of politics mostly functions as a positional good. It hurts to have the other side heard but not yours.
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It can sometimes be bad to unilaterally withdraw from such contests, but there's still a rationale for curbing appetites with social norms.
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"stereotypes about communities of political activists being dumb, irrational, or overemotional" are in my opinion mostly accurate.
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