🐀 A useful explanation of “postrat” vs “metarat.” @FluidityAudio just pointed me to it; I missed it when @nosilverv wrote it two years ago.
In short: rejecting the rat vibe (= post) vs rejecting the substance (= meta). rivalvoices.substack.com/p/fuck-it-we-b…
In short: rejecting the rat vibe (= post) vs rejecting the substance (= meta). rivalvoices.substack.com/p/fuck-it-we-b…
@FluidityAudio @nosilverv A persistent confusion I keep trying to dispel: “postrat” generally contrasts specifically with LW rationalism; “meta-rationalism” contrasts with the whole 2500+ year history of rationalism, but especially its still-influential mid-20th-century high point. meaningness.com/collapse-of-ra…
@FluidityAudio @nosilverv I also wasted a lot of effort trying to find some specific content in LW rationalism. I have a professional interest in different rationalist theories (going back 40+ years now). It took me years to figure out that there’s nothing at the center; it’s all vibe and no substance.
@FluidityAudio @nosilverv I also have a quasi-professional interest in subcultures, and LW is quite interesting as a rationality LARP. In the 90s, it would have been called rationalpunk (because -punk meant “subculture”).
It’s better as a subculture than as a subsociety—but that was true of all of them.
It’s better as a subculture than as a subsociety—but that was true of all of them.
@FluidityAudio @nosilverv In other words, enjoy the playful cultural products, but think twice before joining the social scene.
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