The first time I read this, "Girard" was read as "Grindr."
Delving into Girard over the last few weeks is the first "mind-blown" moment I've had since I read HPMoR. Currently working through Theater of Envy based on this suggestion: https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1010970488070463488 …https://twitter.com/will_wtj/status/1047918106239275009 …
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I thoroughly enjoyed HPMoR, but can you describe as best as possible what was “mind blowing” about it? I’m definitely appreciating the new reading you’re recommending, btw.
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Zero exposure to rationalist thought prior to that. Had vague conception that rationality good but not the way of thinking. Perhaps How To Actually Change Your Mind was the more concrete version of that
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Ah, maybe that was it. I was fully immersed in LW and CFAR before reading it. Anyway, please keep up the signal boosting. Not all book recommendations are equal
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Just got this in the mail today. His ideas have opened up a previously unknown depth to my understanding of psychology and culture. I also have to h/t
@MimeticValue for introducing me to the ideas, first in this thread: https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1011423406166769669 …pic.twitter.com/ULPsTE5g97
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