FiftyTwo comments on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 01 January 2013 11:20:13PM 3 points [-]

Thanks thats a helpful summary.

Slightly related question, why are his views seemingly being suddenly discussed a lot and taken semi-seriously on LessWrong?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 January 2013 06:17:00AM 5 points [-]

It isn't a sudden change. As far as I know, Moldbug's ideas are a recurring minor theme at LW.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2013 09:50:58AM 3 points [-]

Yes I think this is about right. An example is this discussion of Peter Thiel's support of seastading.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2013 09:53:37AM 2 points [-]

As NancyLebovitz said it isn't really a new thing, there was a recent discussion on why talk of Moldbug's ideas is noticeable here.