Metus comments on Open thread, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ZankerH 27 October 2014 01:39:03PM 2 points [-]

Technological progress and social/political progress are loosely correlated at best
Compared to technological progress, there has been little or no social/political progress since the mid-18th century - if anything, there has been a regression
There is no such thing as moral progress, only people in charge of enforcing present moral norms selectively evaluating past moral norms as wrong because they disagree with present moral norms

Comment author: Metus 27 October 2014 02:24:31PM 3 points [-]

I think I found the neoreactionary.

Comment author: gjm 27 October 2014 03:50:13PM 2 points [-]

The neoreactionary? There are quite a number of neoreactionaries on LW; ZankerH isn't by any means the only one.

Comment author: Metus 27 October 2014 04:05:24PM 2 points [-]

Apparently LW is a bad place to make jokes.

Comment author: gjm 27 October 2014 05:09:53PM 10 points [-]

The LW crowd is really tough: jokes actually have to be funny here.

Comment author: Lumifer 27 October 2014 04:12:47PM 3 points [-]

That's not LW, that's internet. The implied context in your head is not the implied context in other heads.