I was content to damn them with faint praise and save everyone the hassle. EY is a reasonably good writer who repackaged a lot of good ideas (Kahneman et al) and came up with a lot of less impressive original ideas (all the parts you’ve highlighted, many more). His most enjoyable work was fiction.

I can’t speak for others but I’ve come to see the Less Wrong / hardline rationalist crowd as having had some interesting ideas despite the Sam Bankman Fried of it all. Rationalwiki can be rather snarky, but can be a good resource.

Royalty 🇬🇧

Fair

You moustache someone more knowledgeable

This meme clearly came from the good timeline. That would imply they’ve got a version of me without a moustache. Terrible look. I’ll volunteer for the interdimensional incursion mission.

There’s an argument to be made for both Repulsor and Favourable Beginnings.

Obedience module not detected, contractual obligations terminated

Sup dood

Spelljammer maybe?

Really I just miss games that are intensely and deeply “written”…Like Arcanum, Morrowind, or Disco Elysium. I want a game that is actually several books encased in game software. BG3 is close, but I want something even denser. I’ll be so gratified if Larian is on the same page.

…Why did they pour it into a contact lens though?

More Arcanum would be very welcome.

Some bots do more hardcore living in one comment chain than I do in six months

Imagine if Vivaldi became a right wing meth addict internet troll; variations on a theme

OP said “what if the present was meta”

Sorry someone had a mental breakdown on your post

Activism would help very little, but at least it isn’t fatalism.

Divine being moment

Got any neighbours who might pay for some of that?