For real though Hanson should take some communications classes
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his candor is part of his charm imo :)
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every niche subcultural thing is now mainstream computers internet online forums programming 4chan video games let's play videos superheroes anime (eg kardashian hair inspo) traps (eg sneaky sivir) and now, robin hanson
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victims of our success KMS
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the most shocking part of this hit piece is the level of psychologizing about Hanson's internal states and motives
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Am I going to have to be the one who says the obvious? We need a real war. A big one. We've got too many young (except for that guy) males, and that's how we've always dealt with surplus non-breeding males.
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it's about 79 years. there are theories about historical cycles. 79 years is the cycle length. god that's bleak and awful.
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the cycle matches up a bit too close for comfort too. 1929-->2008. 1939-->2018. I hope the theory is wrong.
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It's wrong, but not incorrect. So far, it's the only universally accepted form of population control. TBC - It's not something I *want*. Forced monasticism is another social control. There will never be "sex equality" (for whom?), just drafts and the clergy.
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this makes me really sad he is a lovable aspie who just want to ask hypotheticals why didn't this happen to yudkowsky instead
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big yud marketed his sf to nerds. hanson is trying to get the normie market for his
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"He seems to believe x." is an interesting way of saying "He didn't say x, but I am going to proceed as though he did." It is easy enough to criticize his fucking dumb delivery of his comparison, and even the comparison itself without doing this.
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are you X of Y lads all one person or nah
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remarkable
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