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This essay beautifully unspools the limitations of the classic map/territory metaphor. I'm extra excited because this essay integrates

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to help you internalize its ideas. But it's a philosophy essay—very unlike Quantum Country—so its prompts are quite different.

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David Chapman

@Meaningness

· Jan 25, 2021

An alternative introduction to meta-rationalism, by way of the metaphor of maps and territory: metarationality.com/maps-and-terri

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How do embedded prompts behave in this context? One hunch I have is: keeping readers in contact with this material over time may be more important than the direct memory stability effects.

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why does it feel like the "limitation" of map/territory presented is not specific to map/territory but at least map/territory provides its own explanation of that limitation? how oddly recursive

felix

@gsw7

Jan 30, 2021

"the map is not the territory" is a map, not the territory

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This was fun! The Orbit integration made me slow down and take the act of reading more seriously. Several times it helped me realize I had skimmed over entire paragraphs without even noticing how little I was paying attention

Geoffrey Litt

@geoffreylitt

Jan 26, 2021

One thing I noticed: while prompts were generally good, some answers weren't phrased the way I would have written. Which leaves me unsure how well I'll remember. If Orbit allowed, possible I would try rewriting myself. But maybe easier to just "discard prompt" and move on...

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