wife: why do SF people like describing themselves as rationalists?
me: idk
wife: but they do, right? more so than rationalists anywhere else?
me: maybe their parents were hippies and this is (or was?) their way of rebelling
me: idk
wife: but they do, right? more so than rationalists anywhere else?
me: maybe their parents were hippies and this is (or was?) their way of rebelling
this is the story that makes most sense to me + the reason that explains why it ~doesn't~ make intuitive sense to me (as an outsider without this context)
SG is kind of "rationalist by default", you don't really have a choice when LKY is your founder
SG is kind of "rationalist by default", you don't really have a choice when LKY is your founder
when I was trying to put out a bat signal to find people like myself in SG, I went with \(n_n)/ – which feels uncommon in SG, but practically everyone I met in SF was "\(n_n)/ by default" so it wouldn't be a good bat signal
cc @vgr re: naming towns
cc @vgr re: naming towns
@vgr cc @reasonisfun I think this frame is also useful for thinking about #SobSquad
(I'm trying to find a slatestarcodex post that opens with a quote about "what are we against?" but I can't seem to find it)
(I'm trying to find a slatestarcodex post that opens with a quote about "what are we against?" but I can't seem to find it)
