we had to sacrifice twitter to the utility of humanity across the quantum wavefunction of the universe
every morning, Musk wakes up and thinks: "TODAY will be the day I post good funny! TODAY!" and he's always wrong
this produces more hedons than anything discovered to date
elon is the child at the centre of Omelas, and he fought to put himself there
but consider: what if the child at the centre of Omelas was an asshole?
what if well-meaning rescuers, outraged at the concept of Omelas, met the little shit and wanted to throw him down the stairs themselves?
makes you think.
For example, let’s say you want to improve your social skills. Don’t
start by approaching an intimidating businessman and giving him your
elevator pitch. You will probably fail, and be demotivated. Instead,
start by asking a friend if you can practice staring into his or her
eyes for 20 minutes in a row.
Pro tip: anyone who thinks that learning to stare silently at people
for 20 minutes will improve your social skills may not have the
best grasp on what good social skills look like.
Well, I've compared the rationalist movement to the New Age movement, so honestly, I would not be surprised if a legitimate cult arose from rationalism.
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Pro tip: anyone who thinks that learning to stare silently at people for 20 minutes will improve your social skills may not have the best grasp on what good social skills look like.
How long until Scientology tries to infiltrate and hijack the Rationalists to feast on that sweet sweet EA/MIRI/CFAR money, lol?
Is that Muehlhauser?