Gavin comments on [Meta] The Decline of Discussion: Now With Charts! - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Gavin 04 June 2014 10:02PM

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Comment author: Gavin 05 June 2014 06:23:11PM 7 points [-]

Looks to me like you were a victim of a culture of hyperdeveloped cynicism and skepticism. It's much easier to tear things down and complain than to create value, so we end up discouraging anyone trying to make anything useful.