Comments on: Evolving more and more pretty lies until pervasive error is again the norm

By: Anon Rat

Anon Rat — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:54:47 +0000

“Moldbug has always seemed to me to be conflicted about power”

I don’t think there is conflict. If you wield power, wield it proudly. UR is an investigation into all the manners we are not doing that.

By: Harry Jones

Harry Jones — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:19:19 +0000

Moldbug has always seemed to me to be conflicted about power. An excess of power corrupts, it’s true. But powerlessness also corrupts.

When the powerful become too decadent, their power erodes to the point that they can be deposed easily. When the powerless are demoralized, they stay right where they are. Either way, powerlessness is the end result to be avoided.

But there is overt power and hidden power. If you show your power, you invite attack by those who have more power (and by those who envy you and think you’re bluffing.) If you hide your power, you get to have it both ways against those more powerful.

Show just enough of your power to deter attack by those not stronger than you. Keep the rest close to your vest.

Ostentatious living is expensive signalling. It may cost you more than the retail price. Look a bit less rich and powerful than you actually are.

By: CVLR

CVLR — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:37:21 +0000

What is this, Glubbist philosophy for atheist nerds?

It is impossible for me to imagine using the phrase “truth market” in a serious conversation.

Finally,

The old intellectual bureaucracy, smart enough to sense its own inferiority, hands power to the new truth market.

LOL.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:33:01 +0000

It’s not that the lies are pretty; it’s that they are pious frauds. The creative effort always displays the subjective state of the artist; pious fraud displays a pious soul.