I have mixed feelings about this. Ultimately my hunch is that Making A Stand is somewhat a collective action problem and I don't see any mechanism for coordination among Grey Tribers, among other issueshttps://twitter.com/yashkaf/status/1273681454682312704 …
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There are some remarkable cases where embracing martyrdom can act as a catalyst for broader heroism and coordination, but afaict martyrs mostly just end up dead
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Martyrdom is probably especially valuable when (i) a martyr is broadly loved as an individual, and (ii) there is at least some sympathy for the group they represent unfortunately Grey Tribe is mostly made of constitutional curmudgeons and weirdos /I/ love this, but Peoria?
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re public sympathies: to be fair you have to have a very high iq to understand rationalism i mean this unironically blog post that I have been meaning to write once I get that up involves intellectual movements and broader adoption
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my hunch is that (i) whatever idea you have will not be broadly adopted unless it can be boiled down to a slogan that a -1sd person can shout (ii) the -1sd slogan will ultimately become the movements rallying cry so hammer that out early
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what would this be for rationalism? would you even want people to adopt it? consider the decay involved in the translation of eg Schlick and the Vienna Circle to IFuckingLoveScience
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Is it a thing unto itself or is it a thing that can join forces with other, maybe similarly panicked and threatened things?
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Probably if there were some coordinating mechanism Don't quite see it though it's in our nature to be fractious Often this is a strength
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Replying to @eigenrobot
It just feels likely that you aren’t the only ones having this kind of conversation right now.
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That's a good point. Mulling this. Thank you.
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