MixedNuts comments on LW systemic bias: US centrism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MixedNuts 21 July 2011 03:38:00PM 2 points [-]

If non-US users modify not to be annoyed by these, then:

Expecting reader familiarity with US-specific cultural concepts.

Readers will keep having to look them up, which they'll still find annoying (unless the self-modification is really big).

A tendency to focus on the US first and foremost when talking about worldwide problems and scenarios.

Suggestions will keep being tailored to the US, leading to a lack of general solutions and custom solutions for other countries.

OTOH, I'm not sure what's wrong with self-modifying to not be annoyed when American users have GetDefaultCountry() return "USA".

Comment author: dbaupp 22 July 2011 12:59:30AM * 1 point [-]

OTOH, I'm not sure what's wrong with self-modifying to not be annoyed when American users have GetDefaultCountry() return "USA".

Nothing, I was thinking about the issue in the wrong way and so I have ameliorated my response accordingly.