Semi relevantly I’ve been working out a stage 5 conservatism—mainly as a technical exercise (bcs not conservative myself)—
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but also because it might give the Neoreactions a positive direction beyond the 4.5 nihilism they’re falling into.
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Tradition as output of a massively parallel optimizer running for centuries; weight against single human mind.
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and relatedly the strain of skepticism about grand social theories
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One should expect optimal solutions to be illegible.
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Yes; the tricky bit is to not take tradition as optimal in a sacred way, for all the obvious reasons.
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So the problem spec is to balance tradition with a rational systems view while preserving a conservative bias.
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Conservative rational system view is to strongly discount rational system view, for rational systemic reasons.
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Yes; and then the trick is to find a way forward, rather than trying to make tradition itself into ultimate truth.
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But way-forward is a progressive (and gray-tribe) axiom! Conservatism doesn't have to have one.
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It's the difference between problem solving and problem management.
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