https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-missing
“I don’t have kids yet, but even now I’m scared that my future kid might be an Internet addict. Or wander into the wrong part of social media and become alt-right, or dirtbag left, or one of those people who quote-tweet Vox articles with the comment “This”. I laughed at my parents for having these kinds of fears, and my parents’ fears ended up completely wrong, and now I have those same dumb fears in turn.”
Sure Scott, your mother turned out completely wrong…
Seems pretty weird to equate two groups of people who are largely just annoying on the Internet, with a group of people who have been actively and openly racist, violent and were recently involved with an attempt to overthrow the government. Unless, of course, you’re interested in polishing up the reputation of the latter group as just “another set of people with some wacky opinions!”
*extremely Scooter voice* Unlike all of you, I never project onto others.
There’s nobody more vulnerable than someone who believes themselves to be invincible.
You know, it’d be interesting to get Mama Siskind’s take on this topic. Did she fear Scott would become a the kind of weirdo that he is? And, while the reporter is there, it might be interesting to know her views on other exciting rationality topics like cranium caliper measurements, eternal torture AI gods, or whether or not Scientific Racism “has some good points”.
Oh, and where she thinks Dragon House went wrong wrt doing the dishes, laundry and other household chores.
Yes, there’s nothing so disgusting as people who read something that they find important and then don’t have words to add on top of those produced by a literal professional.