1/ Some comments on new SSC, perhaps obvious but I'm gonna make em anywayhttp://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/ …
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Indeed, perhaps I'm steelmanning the piece. But my main point is that most social truths are not opposed but orthogonal to empirical truth.
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And the subtext is that we're currently experiencing a disagreement, which is only even semi-true if you exist in specific bubbles.
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the whisper-network is pragmatic but depressing and defeatist if that's all we've got. at least they only dox you now instead of burn you.
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I feel like the whole piece can be construed as attacking "implicit discursive rules for particular spaces" as being fascist.
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Speaking in the public sphere is _always_ a risky endeavor, totalitarian state or not. Unfortunately social media makes more spheres public.
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I prefer a reframe: whisper-network was _the default state of discourse_ prior to the Internet. Had to make effort to reach the public.
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This isn't an inherent feature of the internet, though. Social media offers privacy settings. On some level we must want to speak publicly.
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A weird thought, that we intentionally submit our tweets to the public. Twitter UX encourages this, but maybe we're all demagogues at heart.
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I'm very self-conscious of using a candid account here. It means there are a lot of topics that I'm unwilling to share my thoughts about.
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but I do it as an exercise is discursive discipline. training myself to be real and not a hot take troll.
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