“The Western Elite from a Chinese Perspective.“ Funny and insightful. 
@xuenay https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/11/western-elite-chinese-perspective/ …pic.twitter.com/gDGo7cf6ZZ
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I promised myself that I would not become cynical ever again, no matter how bad things seem. I promised myself that I would assume that people's motivations were sincere, at least from their own point of view. Is this wrong?
As a factual matter… yes, I think it’s mistaken. It might be a necessary and useful temporary antidote to nihilism, or excessive cynicism.
A more inclusive worldview would acknowledge that people often are insincere, selfish, mean, stupid, and so forth—but also that everyone can be honest, generous, kind, and open-minded.
well, it was more about managing my default stance w.r.t modeling others' minds. for practical purposes, where is the greatest harm? false positive sincerity or false negative insincerity? accurate modeling can't be done in general. have to make an assumption initially.
I think one can just be open to evidence without adopting a prior. You only need to make a guess when you have to act, and usually there’s plenty of time to collect an impression before that. (Not always, of course!)
I have always striven to be sincere but I have also been a committed advocate for SJ in the past. I am still not sure if I was merely unreflective or if the party line moved at some point without me noticing.
I appreciate your honesty. I think the party line has moved very far in the direction of authoritarianism and meanness. I haven't given up on the notion of trying to make the world a better place for needy people but the current tone and tactics of the movement are unacceptable.
I think the sociopaths moved in, yes. I was likely in the geek/mop dynamic.
I count myself lucky I had a dissociative experience strong enough to give me room to reflect on things or else I might have been sucked along by the momentum right into authoritarianism.
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