1/ The idea that it would reduce useful risk-taking seems like a symptom of collective galaxy-brain delusions. But this gets to something more general that I've been trying to pin down.https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1192252159137443840 …
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2/ Let's say there is some belief system with vocal and subjectively local adherents. Captivated by some of the messaging, you convert to that belief system and profess your allegiance in a visible and social way, at least to fellow converts.
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3/ Pre-conversion you thought it would satisfy something missing and vital or provide you with considerable rewards. Post-conversion you discover it's mostly a drain on your resources. But, as part of the transformation, you've begun to perceive the outsiders as somehow lesser.
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4/ So now you're stuck because, if you could evaluate your position with your pre-conversion metric, you'd abandon it; but that perceptual system is inaccessible, so you don't. Your transfigured belief system binds you by distorting the possibility space.pic.twitter.com/QZntZvO7k4
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5/ I guess I'm just describing the process of radicalization or indoctrination. But I've never studied either in any depth, so I'm...out of my depth. Can anyone more familiar point me to canonical models or texts which align with what I'm trying to say (assuming I was coherent)?
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I’ve been looking at this using animal flocking, exploring and stampeding models. You can read more here if that sounds interesting: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.02251
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Oh cool! Downloaded it for weekend reading.
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