The thing most refreshing about David is that, as far as I can tell, he never encourages or even permits people to subject themselves to the increasingly popular pressures to cut themselves downhttps://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf/status/1201420751531888642 …
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There's something so insidious about the aesthetic of self-deprivation that's developing in the US and Europe — it bills itself as anti-selfishness, but the most selfish thing in the world is to insist that everyone else constrain themselves to wants that are acceptably meager
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This isn't *only* personally destructive. Progress isn't... hard, exactly, but it requires a sort of nurtured obsession that we're currently discouraging in both kids and adults. It requires a lumpiness in both cognition and lifestyle that looks weird to the managerial hierarchy
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A note on these "acceptably meager" wants — "billionaires shouldn't exist" is the motte. "You shouldn't have kids" is just one yield of the bailey. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-brick-in-the-motte/ …
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"Within the bounds of a regulatory system" bears so much load here that it makes the distinction virtually meaningless, aside from indicating that you think personal property ought to exist at all. I'm also not sure what you think existed 40 years ago.
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Yes, his fun criterion is a total game-changer. He really did build upon the genius of Popper and Godwin to create this beautiful philosophy so many of us are enamored with. It has profoundly changed how I view the world. Brilliant. Glad his ideas are growing in reach too!
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