Lumifer comments on Open thread, June 27 - July 3, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 28 June 2016 04:01:49PM *  2 points [-]

Say you are a strong believer and advocate for the Silicon Valley startup tech culture, but you want to be able to pass an Ideological Turing Test to show that you are not irrational or biased. In other words, you need to write some essays along the lines of "Startups are Dumb" or "Why You Should Stay at Your Big Company Job". What kind of arguments would you use?

Comment author: Lumifer 28 June 2016 05:39:01PM 4 points [-]

What exactly is the thesis in question? "Startup culture is a valuable piece of a large economy", for example, is not the same thing as "I should go and create a startup, it's gonna be great!".