Oh lord one of my less online friends posted this in a group chat. Love that group, but I am NOT happy about having to read so much of Scott's writing again to explain the various ways it's loony.

Neoreaction: A Basilisk really is great, you definitely should tackle it soon!

Has anyone checked for kernels of corn growing behind their ears?

Me, about to suggest some actually really good, thought provoking Marvel comics that somehow got made alongside the relentless superhero soap opera: oh wait now isn't the time, we're dunking on the AI bro

RIP digital drug trip, you were actually pretty cool

It's like the classic comic "we should improve society somewhat!" "And yet you participate in society!"

Ayuuuuuuuup. Movable feast is a great term for it. Even once formerly ostracized groups get permitted into the in-group, their membership is strictly conditional on serving the interests of those closer into the center of the Whiteness construct. Stop being useful, watch how fast the old hate rears its ugly head again.

I haven't seen any numbers on how much Sora cost to train, nor how much it costs to run- I can't help but believe it's painfully high.

How delightfully ineffective

(Seriously, what has Effective Altruism ever accomplished beyond buying castles?)

But the laughter it brings us?

Priceless.

Yeah, there's absolutely a place for arguments that aren't full-bore "capitalism is evil, forward the revolution!" Some people need to be eased into that space, and articles like this, that show how fundamentally stupid and terrible Musk and company are, are a great way to get people to start asking HOW dingbats like that got power. And it's not the longest journey from there to questioning whether something is wrong with the system itself.

(There are failure states, of course- namely, reinforcing the neoliberal idea that if you just put better people in charge of a system, it will work better. But that's a question of execution, not of tactical validity.)

You should check out the book A Libertarian Walks into a Bear for another great example, if you haven't already!