Im actually pretty negative about this cowen post hes got a method and sticks to it and sometimes its interesting but sometimes its tyler cowen really stretching to show that he has a subtle view of things in a way that doesnt actually illuminate interesting or salient angleshttps://twitter.com/aaronsibarium/status/1280906687881281537 …
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I think for things like open letters the text is often the least important part what matters more for understanding implications of such things: - who is saying something - with whom - publicly or privately - when
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this is of course true and addresses my angle, but i think is not a useful objection on instrumental grounds of /course/ steve sailer would sign probably but that would be neither helpful to objective of the letter, nor salient to its pointpic.twitter.com/NLBAfCn7c3
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what matters (if anything) about the open letter is that people who are prominent are signalling a break with another faction, publicly; and specifically people who might be expected to be hostile to the Real Outgroup its a flag in the ground for a media faction
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having /lots/ of signatories does not help with this, nor does having Outgroup signatories
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having lots of signatories is good because it helps establish the durability of a new schelling point to which others can rally cancel culture depends on n-vs-1 where each 1 feels that he HAS to fold against terrible olds
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depends on the audiencehttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1280924889495420929?s=19 …
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