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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 October 2015 04:01:29PM 9 points [-]

I've found I've become a smidge more conservative-- I was in favor of the Arab Spring, and to put it mildly, it hasn't worked well. I'm not even sure the collapse of the Soviet Union was a net gain.

Any thoughts about how much stability should be respected?

Comment author: Lumifer 06 October 2015 06:11:32PM 3 points [-]

Any thoughts about how much stability should be respected?

I think the question is WAY too general. The only possible answer is: "It depends".