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What are some good pieces on civilizational decay / civilizational collapse / weakening of societal fabric?
Answer by Cobalt90

"The Collapse of Complex Societies" by Joseph Tainter (1988) is a good place to start for a historical perspective. To put in relation with the Club de Rome report "Limits to Growth" (1974).

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Where do LessWrong rationalists debate?
Answer by Cobalt50

There is the Astral Codex Ten Discord server (Scott is not involved) where some debates happen.

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Late-talking kids and "Einstein syndrome"
Cobalt30

In the literature you reviewed, was there mention of late-talking as a result of trauma in early childhood/infancy occurring before speech development? If so, would you be willing to share the references? (Very late talker here, no word or babbling before the age of 4.)

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2Steven Byrnes
Cool! Oh wow, yeah I'm not nearly as much of a late talker as some kids, just compared to typical kids. To answer your question: I don't think so. Obviously in horrific cases (like those Romanian orphanages) where the kid is never exposed to language, they won't learn to talk. He says a bit about how a child in an early intervention program will do better if they feel safe around adults, but I don't recall him saying anything about that kind of thing as an underlying cause.