MSU Vice President of research & innovation Steve Hsu has been forced to resign

Re:MSU Vice President of research & innovation Steve Hsu has... by Apocryphon on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:13PM (#23581250)

I recall when LessWrong and Yudkowsky was covered by NYT. They came off as looking like a bunch of hyper-rationalist kooks, a bit New Age and cult-like even, but otherwise harmless. The same will likely happen to Alexander.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-co...

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Re:MSU Vice President of research & innovation Steve Hsu has... by bJGVygG7MQVF8c on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:32PM (#23585728)

For his sake, I hope you're right.

But there have been one or two notable personnel changes at the NYT since that piece on the rationalists, and we're in the midst of a moral panic / cancellation frenzy.

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Re:MSU Vice President of research & innovation Steve Hsu has... by Apocryphon on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:10PM (#23586832)

I mean, the NYT tackled the tradcath subculture recently and it was sympathetic, even laudatory. [0] I think the NYT treats these subcultures as more curios than targets for cancellation. Not to mention, post-2016 election, they’ve even caught flack for being too sympathetic towards reactionary individuals or groups, even those who are outright hateful. [1]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/weird-chri...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/opinion/nazi-sympathizer....

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