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WalterL comments on Politics: an undervalued opportunity to change the world? - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: wubbles 14 August 2015 03:45AM

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Comment author: WalterL 14 August 2015 03:38:55PM 1 point [-]

Sure, but rationalists make shitty politicians. Its a bicycle built for two, not for you. Nerds should aim to be the politician's consultants and advisers, not the politician themselves.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2015 02:55:59PM 3 points [-]

90% of the people on LW likely are not fit for a political career but that doesn't mean that we don't have people with good social skills who might make good politicians.

Comment author: Clarity 16 August 2015 04:17:13AM 0 points [-]

Moreover, we are a young crowd. It would be nice to see more young people in politics like Wyatt Roy, the youngest Australian MP who entered parliament as a teenager! He seems promising.