If the population of LW were to turn its eye to politics (more, that is, than it already has), I'm not at all sure that you'd get less social justice activism afterwards -- and I say this as someone that's no great fan of the social justice movement in its modern form.
When geeks like us get political, we usually start from cultural background noise and round off to the nearest coherent narrative: that is, the nearest one that can explain all the observations, whether through direct modeling or through some form of self-delusion narrative. That might sound like a good thing, but it's really not; "coherent" in politics usually means "totalizing".
If the population of LW were to turn its eye to politics (more, that is, than it already has), I'm not at all sure that you'd get less social justice activism afterwards -- and I say this as someone that's no great fan of the social justice movement in its modern form.
i'm was kind of under the impression that (prior to reactionary influx) most LW just thought social justice issues were obviously true, not worth talking about, and that there are plenty of less intelligent people who are more than happy to fight that battle. You wouldn't expect LW to argu...
Through LessWrong, I've discovered the no-reactionary movement. Servery says that there are some of you here.
I'm curious, what lead you to accept the basic premises of the movement? What is the story of your personal "conversion"? Was there some particular insight or information that was important in convincing you? Was it something that just "clicked" for you or that you had always felt in a vague way? Were any of you "raised in it"?
Feel free to forward my questions to others or direct me towards a better forum for asking this.
I hope that this is in no way demeaning or insulting. I'm genuinely curious and my questioning is value free. If you point me towards compelling evidence of the neo-reactionary premise, I'll update on it.