DinoInNameOnly

Wow, imagine if this situation was reversed

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I sometimes write about whatever I find interesting. Software Engineer by day. Rationalist-adjacent, I guess.

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DinoInNameOnly

Wow, imagine if this situation was reversed

0 followers follows 1 user joined 2022 September 06 17:23:50 UTC

I sometimes write about whatever I find interesting. Software Engineer by day. Rationalist-adjacent, I guess.

User ID: 873

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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 5, 2022

DinoInNameOnly Wow, imagine if this situation was reversed 3yr ago

Zorba explained it here: https://www.themotte.org/post/2/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/778?context=8#context

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The Motte Glossary

DinoInNameOnly Wow, imagine if this situation was reversed 3yr ago

My opinion is that at some point it becomes kind of silly to keep using terms coined in blog posts that are almost a decade old now and which have never gained widespread usage elsewhere without ever explaining what they mean or where they came from. At this point you have to expect that many of the people here were not aware of Slate Star Codex or LessWrong circa 2013. Part of my hope is that providing explanations and links to the LW/SSC origins of this community it will encourage newcomers to read more of the "foundational texts" and assimilate better rather than causing a culture shift over time away from the things that made this community great.

I agree with the problem of enabling trolls but this is a tradeoff and honestly I'm confident in our ability to identify someone namedropping shibboleths while trolling.

Although it didn't occur to me when I posted this that it would likely be one of the most visible posts on the subreddit for a while. I'm open to taking it down temporarily (or permanently if that seems to be the community consensus) or moving it to a less visible place.