89 – Is Rationalism Being Co-opted by the Alt-Right?

We talk with David about his question on our subreddit. There’s a lot of other comments and thoughts about the subject at that thread, which you can read here. Sorry about the lateness of this episode, just some growing pains. Related Links: Scott Alexander on the economic costs of racism Jordan Peterson 12 rules for life & maps of meaning Raymond Arnold call to action  The Pi Day HPMOR wrap announcement It’s hard work and sacrifice living in an Amish Paradise Kevin Kelly (founder of Wired, not Popular Science) about the Amish – also his book, what technology wants  Dunbar’s Number (where you can only keep track of about 100 friends) Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: Scope Insensitivity One Life Against The World Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Risk-Free Bonds Aren’t Correspondence Bias Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here! We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!