Xelaz comments on Rationality Quotes May 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Xelaz 13 May 2014 09:51:45PM *  0 points [-]

I wander through
the dark wilderness
by the light
of my burning map

-- Lucien Zell (can't find an authoritative attribution)

Comment author: Desrtopa 14 May 2014 01:49:57AM 4 points [-]

I'm really not clear on what this is actually supposed to be a metaphor for.

It's clearly not something you would literally want to do, since the night is temporary and the light provided by the map is dim and brief. But maybe this is a metaphorical long-lasting night and bright burning map?

Comment author: Cube 14 May 2014 03:53:15PM 0 points [-]

Destroying something that would be useful ir even necessary in the future so that you can better get through or perhaps survive the present.

Going to the same college as your high school sweetheart for example. Perhaps it will work out and you won't need the map.