Comment on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:04:12 GMT

This is a tall order. Nearly everyone I talk to seems to while getting the same basic models emphasise wildly different things about them. Their updates on the matter also vary considerably everything from utterly changing their politics to just mentally noting that you can make smart arguments for positions very divergent from the modern political consensus. Lots of people dislike his verbose style.

That is certainly the reason I haven't read all of his material so far.

I think the best way to get a summary is to discuss him with people here who have been read him. They will likely learn things too. When its too political continue the discussion either in the politics thread or in private correspondence.

I'm interested and willing to engage in such discussion. If you are too I'd ask you to perhaps make a list of the posts you have read so far? For now I'm assuming you began with one of the recommended essays like Idealism Is Not Great, Divine-right monarchy for the modern secular intellectual, Formalist Manifsto. Perhaps the introductory Open Letter to Open Minded Progressives or the Gentle Introduction sequences.

To this I would add the comment history of fellow LWer Vladimir_M which is littered with high quality Moldbug-like arguments on various issues. Who knows a few new responses might coax him out of inactivity!

I recall some old sort of interesting discussion of Moldbuggian positions in which I participated as well:

Belief in religion considered harmful? (My summary of the post. )

Five ways to classify belief systems

A list of several articles I read and would be interesting in talking about

Discuss