Raemon comments on The Gift We Give Tomorrow, Spoken Word [Finished?] - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Raemon 02 December 2011 03:20AM

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Comment author: Raemon 02 December 2011 02:59:54PM 1 point [-]

Curious: did you read the original first, after I linked or it, or the poem version?

Comment author: occlude 02 December 2011 07:43:58PM 1 point [-]

I read this version, then the comments, then Eliezer's version. I had a similar reaction to both.

Comment author: Raemon 02 December 2011 07:59:55PM 1 point [-]

Did you end up with strong opinions on the "Beyond the Reach of God" line?

Comment author: occlude 03 December 2011 09:46:32PM 1 point [-]

Not at the moment of reading, possibly because I had no standard of comparison. In retrospect, the line "Beyond the reach of God" doesn't reinforce the vision of transcendent humanity quite as powerfully as the original. I think it was the unexpected contrast of moving from the discussion of evolutionary psychology to this futuristic vision of humanity that gave the ending its power.