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Moar traumatrekkery. Now apparently rationalists are traumatized. This thing is not going to stop is it.
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Replying to @nosilverv @msutherl and 2 others
Do you think that Eliezer and other prominent EAs/rationalists (e.g. Luke M, Anna S, Julia G) are actually autistic and traumatized? Or is this just a way to sneak in a disparaging connotation to people focusing on fixing the world before fixing every last bit of their emotions?
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Yes. But to be honest, the real money is in a closed loop system where you first CREATE the trauma, then you heal it.
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Replying to @mattgoldenberg and @QiaochuYuan
Also I find myself wanting to push back on this framing out of the horror of the principle. Like, you can sell your soul to Silicon Valley, then buy it back at 10x markup on a weekend retreat.
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