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Jeez at the NYT hit piece on SSC. It doesn’t take much undeserved hostility to get me defending the rationalists instead of trolling them, but this almost had me feeling sorry even for Moldbug and Thiel. That takes a potent mix of bad faith and storytelling skill to pull off.
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Would you say Balaji comes off worst, of all those pulled into the web of association? I thought so. Which nicely frames the NYT piece itself in the latest chapter of today's culture wars, given the knights & mooks on each side.
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Yeah 100% agreed. I felt no shreds of sympathy when he popped up (esp. given the described behavior), unlike with most others. I guess that was sort of my point. A whole bunch of barely-supported takes and then the last thing right before concluding is Balaji & his antics.
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