Message from @diversity_is_racism
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THE PROBLEM IS
IN MY VIEW
THAT PEOPLE NEED SOMETHING TO IMITATE AND FOLLOW
SO GIVEN A DECENTRALIZED NET
YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF NORMIES YELLING AT EACH OTHER
"WELL THIS SOURCE SAYS"
SO THEY START TO THINK, "WE NEED A DEFINITIVE SOURCE"
MAINLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT TO THINK
THEY CANNOT TRUST ARGUMENT ITSELF TO REVEAL WHAT IS CLEAR
SO THEY WOULD INVENT WIKIPEDIA AGAIN
of course
the question is not whether the herd gonna herd, it's what option leads to a better fate for all 5 of us left who prefer to draw our own conclusions
so in my view it would be strategically valuable to push the mass adoption of a tech that allowed the smartest to have some wiggle room regardless of the outcome for the 98%
convince altright they need to oppose it because it's egalitarian, convince liberals they must do it because it expands access to the poor, is more eco friendly, yadda yadda
make any sense?
MAKES PERFECT SENSE, BUT THERE IS MORE WE MUST CONSIDER
WE CANNOT RUN AWAY AND HAVE OUR OWN SPACE
IT WILL BE OVERWHELMED OR, WORSE, MARGINALIZE ALL INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION
THEN 98% OF THE DISCUSSION WILL BE INANE STUFF AND THAT WILL THEN TAKE OVER
WHICH MEANS THAT ANYTHING WE WANT TO DISCUSS WILL BE TABOO
1. A HIERARCHY WHERE THE BEST DOMINATE THE REST
2. A MOB RULE WHERE THE REST DOMINATE THE BEST
UNDER GOOGLE WE HAVE #2
EARLY INTERNET WAS #1 BECAUSE IT WAS EXCLUSIVE AND THUS NATURALLY HIERARCHICAL
WHEN EVERYONE IS ACADEMIC, MILITARY, OR HIGH END RESEARCH, CONVERSATIONS GO A LOT SMOOTHER
wait wait wait
"we cannot just have our own space"
is that true?
look at my chat in detail
you are there
"if all we do is concentrate smart people in their own space, it won't be any better" is false
THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS HERE:
A. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INTELLIGENT
B. EFFECTSON THE WORLD AT LARGE
IF YOU WANT A SAFE SPACE, THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED
BUT THEN YOU MARGINALIZE YOURSELVES
AND, BY BECOMING WITHDRAWN, ESSENTIALLY CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR REPETITION
AT SOME POINT, NO ONE HAS ANYTHING ALL THAT MUCH NEW TO SAY TO ANYONE ELSE
SO ENTROPY WINS
spergs who believe in entropy believe it always wins