Lumifer comments on Superintelligence 8: Cognitive superpowers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 November 2014 03:02:42AM 0 points [-]

Given the actual outcome of all the Soviet Union's "social manipulation", I am not sure that it's extendable to the superpower levels :-/

Comment author: Azathoth123 12 November 2014 04:34:14AM 0 points [-]

Given the actual outcome of all the Soviet Union's "social manipulation",

What do you consider that outcome to be? True, they failed to win the cold war, but they deed succeed in injecting a destructive memeplex into Western culture that is currently taking over.

Comment author: Lumifer 12 November 2014 04:47:49AM 0 points [-]

What do you consider that outcome to be?

Pretty much nothing.

I am not sure which "destructive memeplex" do you have in mind, but I suspect that it came from and spread through prominent Western figures.