A couple of thoughts on the post rat sentiment of "who cares about truth, I just want to thrive". On its face there's nothing wrong with refusing to have opinions on things and focusing on personal growth and overcoming trauma and all that stuff. BUT...
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I very much like the Rao/Perry approach of getting at truth ultimately by trying to be interesting immediately. That's why I write on Ribbonfarm. If vgr still calls himself post rat (doubtful), I don't think he's happy with where the brand is going:
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Moar traumatrekkery. Now apparently rationalists are traumatized. This thing is not going to stop is it. twitter.com/yashkaf/status
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Oh I never identified with it... Sarah wrote the canonical post-rat definition post on ribbonfarm (partly in a trolly way) but it's always been a term looking for a referent ever since SSC put it on their map as a loose category ribbonfarm.com/2016/07/07/the

