turchin comments on Open Thread, Aug. 22 - 28, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: turchin 23 August 2016 08:49:05PM *  -1 points [-]

(memetic hazard) ˙sƃuıɹǝɟɟns lɐuɹǝʇǝ ɯnɯıxɐɯ ǝʇɐǝɹɔ oʇ pǝsıɯıʇdo ɹǝʇʇɐɯ sı ɯnıuoɹʇǝɹnʇɹoʇ

Update: added full description of the idea in my facebook https://www.facebook.com/turchin.alexei/posts/10210360736765739?comment_id=10210360769286552¬if_t=feed_comment¬if_id=1472326132186571

Comment author: Gurkenglas 24 August 2016 02:25:12AM *  -1 points [-]
Comment author: qmotus 24 August 2016 10:31:07AM 2 points [-]

Uh, I think you should format your post so that somebody reading that warning would also have time to react to it and actually avoid reading the thing you're warning about.

Comment author: turchin 24 August 2016 01:08:53PM 1 point [-]

Done using inverted text

Comment author: Manfred 26 August 2016 06:22:03PM 1 point [-]

I find this surprisingly unmotivating. Maybe it's because the only purpose this could possibly have is as blackmail material, and I am pretty good at not responding to blackmail.

Comment author: Dagon 27 August 2016 01:13:07AM 0 points [-]

You say blackmail, I say altruistic punishment.

Comment author: MrMind 30 August 2016 09:11:42AM 1 point [-]

Iain M. Banks' novel "Surface detail" is about this very concept and its economics.